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The Rev. Joe Evans
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It's Coming

Romans 8:18-25

5th Sunday after Pentecost - Year A

July 17, 2011

The Rev. Joseph Evans (PCUSA)

Celebrities are a big deal in the developed world today. I don't know how newsworthy it was, but it was all over the news not too long ago that actress Natalie Portman was pregnant at the Oscars. If you Google "Natalie Portman pregnant" you are bound to get a variety of results: "engaged to Benjamin Millepied," "pregnant actress a sanitizer-toting germaphobe," and even "Mike Huckabee rips Portman over out-of-wedlock pregnancy."

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The Rev. William E. Flippin, Jr.
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Blessed Assurances

Romans 5:1-5

Trinity Sunday - Year C

June 19, 2011

The Rev. William Flippin, Jr. (ELCA)

In the bleak realities of life today, there are found blessed assurances of the Trinity as found in the Father (Mother), Son, and Holy Spirit. From these divine persons there is good news! Amidst humanity's sin, God has provided a solution to our problem. The solution is God's Son, Jesus Christ. Through the sonship of Christ and his redeeming work, the apostle Paul draws out assurances of a new life. The first benefit of our salvation is "Peace with God." In chapter 5:1, Paul writes, "Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Paul writes with conviction that we have been "justified by faith." God has declared us righteous.

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