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The Rev. John Gunn
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Before the time of Christ, the word humility was a word of contempt. To call a man humble was to characterize him as cowardly and weak. But when Christ came, He took this hated word and made it one of the most honorable in our language.The Rev. John R. Gunn writes, "One cannot pay a man a greater tribute today than to say that he possesses the grace of humility."

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Those Respectable Philistines

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And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel; and when they joined the battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines. -- 1 Sam. 4:2

Israel was the time being smitten before the Philistines. The Philistines gave them more trouble than all the other Canaanite breeds put together-the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite. These latter were but low breeds of the tribesmen scattered in the pigeonholes of Palastine. The Philistines were the highbrows of the land. It was from them that Palestine took its name, for Palestine is the Greek for Philistia. Historians tell us that they possessed a high order of culture, at least according to the standards of their time. Some scholars believe that to them we owe the origin of our alphabet.

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The Rev. Susan Gamelin Transcript
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March 05, 2006

Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent

The Rev. Susan Gamelin (ELCA)

The Rev. Susan Gamelin, pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in High Point, NC, guides us into Lent with her sermon based on Mark 1:9-15.