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Sermon Illustrations for Passion/Palm Sunday (2018)

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Passion Sunday - B
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Philippians 2:5-11
Mark 14:1--15:47
Bill Thomas
Frank Ramirez
Mark Ellingsen
Bob Ove
Bonnie Bates
Ron Love
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Standing for the Lord God when it is hard; this is the message of our text today. As I read through that I couldn’t help but be reminded of some of the early church fathers and the stand they took.

Polycarp was a disciple of John and an early church leader whose life ended when he refused to betray his Lord. Asked one last time to disavow his Christ, the old man replied, "Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He has done me no wrong. How can I speak evil of my King who saved me?"
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