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The Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston
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The Witness of Stones

Luke 19:28b-40

November 11, 2012

The Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston (PCUSA)


'I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.'

If you listen to the critiques of religion in the world today, they fall into two basic categories.  The first criticism is that religious people are hypocritical.  This is true.  We are hypocrites.  We are sinners.  We are fallen beings who belong to messed-up institutions.  We do not always (or even most of the time) live up to our highest ideals. 

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The Rev. Lawrence J. Clark
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Oh the Things That Happen At Bethany!

John 12:1-8

5th Sunday in Lent - Year C

March 25, 2007

The Rev. Lawrence J. Clark (ELCA)

It was just six days until the countdown for one of the most high and holy days in the life of the Jewish people; and everybody everywhere who was somebody, anybody, would be in Jerusalem to celebrate. And we find Jesus and his disciples on their way there. It was that time of the year for the Passover, a time to remember how the Lord stepped in right on time; how God delivered his people from slavery; how God passed over the one's who had the blood of the lamb smeared over their doors and in their heart; the one's who knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was the blood shed for them. One day when I was lost he died upon the cross, and I know it was the blood. Some of us don't remember, but I've stopped by to remind you that I know it was the blood. Some of us have selective amnesia. We want to forget, but God reminds us again.

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