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Looking At the World When Life is for Free

Micah 6.1-8 Acts 3.1-16 Luke 10.25-37

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The movie The King’s Speech is well worth your going to see. It tells the story of a man who is struggling to reclaim something that has been taken away from him by circumstances against which he was powerless to defend himself. He is struggling to reclaim something that is intrinsically his because he is a living human being. That something is his voice, his ability to speak without stammering. His voice was taken away unjustly. He wants it back.Read More »Looking At the World When Life is for Free

Receive And Ye Shall Be Asked

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Isaiah 9: 1-4
I Corinthians 1: 10-18
Matthew 4: 12-23
The Good News is this: On a land pitched in darkness God has shined a magnificent light. People who were far away from God have been made beneficiaries of God?s abundant grace! That is in part the message that Jesus takes to the people of the Galilee region. It?s an affirming, positive message to a people who feel like they are the very dregs of society. Because that is how Galileans felt. They felt like the poor step-children of God. Have you ever seen the plaque Mark Scott has in his office that says, “God loves everybody, but I?m his favorite?” In those days, Galileans felt like “everybody.” The people who lived in Jerusalem and out into Judea were definitely God?s favorites.Read More »Receive And Ye Shall Be Asked