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This sermon finds itself in the midst of Annual Meeting as these words from the Apostle Paul to the Romans echo: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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A sermon that explores what it means to recognize that to set your heart is to experience what it means to believe so that even hope which stirs faith finds the extravagant love freely offered to all.
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A sermon that explores how hope brings forth belief and builds faith with a look at the gift the 10 disciples of Jesus gave a distraught Thomas.
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A sermon that finds the courage to know the difference in the wisdom of a modern day prayer that invites release from the jail of inaction in the face of an earthquake as well as the impact of rapidly fired bullets.
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A sermon that explores just how hard it is to be open to what God invites us to see in order to set your heart and say “I believe.â€
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Tags: Apostle Paul, baptism, behind you, being open, believe, Episcopal, God’ holy invitations, Jesus, listening, Lydia of Thyatira, purple, sermon, set your heart
Sermon for The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 9 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, July 9, 2017. I referenced the book So You Think You’re Not Religious?: A Thinking…
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Tags: Amazing Grace, angels, Apostle Paul, believe, Episcopal, Faithless generation, For my yoke is easy and my burden is light, I believe help my unbelief, James R Adams, Jesus, sermon, set your heart, So You Think You're Not Religious, testimony, wretched