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The Gospel of Kindness

December 6, 2010

Robert Dykstra: As I survey the stark detritus of the centuries-long theological rift between human sexuality and Christian charity, ,,, what seems clear to me now is that both in our personal lives and loves and in our Christian works and walks we must rejoin somehow our kindness with our desire.

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Crumbs and the Covenant

November 7, 2008

Barbara K. Lundblad Professor of Preaching, Union Theological Seminary (NY) Isaiah 56: 1 – 8, Matthew 15: 21 – 28 I am deeply honored that you invited a Lutheran to be part of this gathering – a tangible sign of our full communion agreement. While we may be in full communion, Lutherans and Presbyterians aren’t [...]

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No Other Plan

November 3, 2007

Joanna M. Adams Pastor, Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta Matthew 28: 16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to [...]

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Something to Talk About

November 3, 2007

Jessica Tate Associate Pastor Fairfax Presbyterian Church Fairfax, Virginia Deut. 6:20-25 20 When your children ask you in time to come, “What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?” 21 then you shall say to your children, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in [...]

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What Will It Take to Win?

April 1, 2005

Joanna M. Adams Pastor, Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta Opening Sermon to the Southeast Regional Covenant Conference April 1, 2005 Matthew 5: 38-48 I have been a preacher for some time now, but before I was a preacher I was a teacher.  At the ripe old age of twenty-one years and two months, I was hired [...]

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Remarks to Covenant Conference

November 3, 2000

Friday night worship service, 3 November 2000 Scripture That Speaks to Me Douglas Nave Trustee, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City Good evening. It’s good to be here. I come from a family of Presbyterian ministers — my father retired after 32 years as the senior pastor of a large Presbyterian church in the [...]

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