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What Gives Life Meaning
For me, life is given ultimate meaning by my central belief that a loving Creator has planned and created all things including planet earth with its life and its ecology. I believe that this creation has moved from its primordial and primitive state to its present stage of maturity under the direction of the Creator Read more
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Favorite Psalms
Psalm 8 This is one of the great hymns of the ancient Hebrew church. The author is stirred to praise by the contemplation of the glory of God as manifested in the wonders of the heavens, which in turn excited reflection on the place of humankind in the scheme of creation. The hymn is marked by Read more
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God’s Own People
The religious history of mankind is one of the most fascinating sagas in all the annals of history. Yet strangely, it is also the most frustrating, because it is so full of contradictions and disappointments. One is almost driven to throw up his hands at all religion, and particularly at that springing from our Judeo-Christian Read more
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What We Believe About Jesus Christ
Lloyd G. Douglas, in his book The Robe paints a very beautiful word picture. All the world was at Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of the Passover. The conversation takes place between two men with the familiar split ear-lobe that marks them as slaves. One was Demetrius of Corinth. The other was a small, ill-scented Read more
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I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church
Last week, we looked at the Church from the perspective of its history. We began with the dilemma of man—severed from his God by rebellion—driven from his paradise of fellowship in the garden of Eden—estranged from his heavenly father, and growing more wicked with each succeeding generation. First God tried to redeem man through judgment—but Read more
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Christ Stands Supremely Alone
Many times sermons are stimulated by a penetrating questions which parishioners ask their minister. The sermon this morning is really the answer to a question our young people ask Sunday night. We were discussing the questions: What does it mean for a Christian to go out into the world? Does God hears someone who prays Read more