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The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon – September 26, 2021

Posted on September 26, 2021 by William Carl Thomas

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A sermon that connects the witness of personal story (that of the preacher’s call to priesthood) to how God uses the least likely people to do God’s work.

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The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost Sermon – September 12, 2021

Posted on September 13, 2021 by William Carl Thomas

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A sermon that confronts presumptuous sins, untamed tongues, and the arrogance of opinion with a call to humility and the deep spirituality of the Prayer attributed to St. Francis.

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Category: Sermons Tags: 9+11=20, 9+12=21, Academia, Arrogance of Opinion, Community of Hope, Episcopal, humility, James 3:1-12, joy conquer despair, Middletown NJ, Prayer attributed to St. Francis, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19:13, seminary, sermon, Untamed tongue

Sermon – The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension – May 28, 2017

Posted on May 28, 2017 by William Carl Thomas

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Sermon for The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension (7 Easter Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, May 28, 2017. I mentioned this song by Todd Agnew in…

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