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Hospitality

June 29, 2010

How might it affect the work of the assembly, if some unexpected person were to show up with some tears for washing away the dirt of the church and some ointment for healing its members?

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COME UP HERE WITH US

May 25, 2010

A sermon preached by Rev. Glenda Hope, at Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, on the 40th anniversary of her ordination to professional ministry, which occurred in that church on May 17, 1970.

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Unsettling Questions

May 7, 2010

Mark Achtemeier’s plenary address at the 2010 Covenant Conference continues to contribute to denominational discernment and our work for full inclusion of all God’s people in the life of the church.   During his presentation in Cleveland, Mark referenced a talk he gave at Austin Seminary’s 2007 President’s Colloquium.   His thoughtful and scholarly struggle with Unsettling [...]

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The Good News About Doubt

April 19, 2010

“…most of our days are not lived on Easter Sunday, nor are they lived in the valleys of Good Friday. If we’re honest, most of our days are spent living here, in a post Easter world where because of the resurrection everything is supposedly different, and yet when we look around us, far too little of the things that need to be different, are different.”

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S*E*X and Being God’s Family, Romans 1:16-2:11

March 12, 2010

A sermon by Dr. Randy Bush My son has recently gotten into card tricks, so I’ll begin with a simple card trick. (Pull out four cards – all Aces.) My deck is small, but I bet I can guess what card you’re holding; not the suit, perhaps, but I’m 100% sure I can guess what [...]

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S*E*X and Being God’s Child, I Corinthians 6:7-11

March 5, 2010

A sermon by Dr. Randy Bush Here is a simple recipe for how to misuse the bible. It has five ingredients. First, find a word or phrase that interests you and pull it out of the context in which it was written. Second, insist that the English translation means exactly the same as the word’s [...]

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