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This sermon is the concluding part of a four week look at how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work as I muse on how the stories of the Apostles Peter and Paul offer a revelation as to how much God loves us in the cry “I wish I’d paid attention better to God’s holy invitations”
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This sermon is the third part of a four week look at how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work as we recall the witness of Simeon and Anna at the Presentation of Jesus in the temple during a ritual that sees Mary and Joseph afford but two turtledoves as a thank offering sacrifice.
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This sermon is the second part of a four week look at how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work as we strive for the greater gifts that Saul now Paul recognized after he had his came to himself moment: one that I know from God’s holy invitation to let go the presumptuous sins that sought dominion in my own life.
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This sermon is the first part of a four week look at how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work with a look at who is in the background at the Wedding at Cana and Paul’s writing concerning the manifestation of the Spirit.
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