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I grew up on those... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
I grew up on those pious Hollywood biblical epics of the 1950s, which looked like holy
It was during the Stone... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
It was during the Stone Age that humans first began using flint to make tools. Flint was
What is striking every Holy... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
What is striking every Holy Week is Jesus' determination. He began his ministry
Did you watch the PBS... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 2007
Did you watch the PBS specials on Genesis? Hosted by a former White House Press
John Wesley is noted for... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1995
John Wesley is noted for his detailed journals in which he recorded the events of his life and minis
The late Bishop Fulton J... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1995
The late Bishop Fulton J.
One of the novelists who... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1995
One of the novelists who quickly caught the attention of the literary world for his suspense-ridden
Credibility is a major problem... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C -- 1995
Credibility is a major problem that the courts are struggling with today.
The Greek Orthodox Church has... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - B -- 1994
The Greek Orthodox Church has an interesting custom.
In his book, Night, Elie... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - B -- 1994
In his book, Night, Elie Wiesel tells the following story about an incident that took place in a Ge
During Mohammed Ali's later boxing... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - B -- 1994
During Mohammed Ali's later boxing matches, he adopted a strategy which was called "rope-a-dope." At
The Servant's ears are opened... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Proper 19 | Ordinary Time 24 - B -- 1994
The Servant's ears are opened by God, that he may hear the words of divine revelation, and he yields
How often does anger speak... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - B -- 1994
How often does anger speak and love keep silent? We live in a litigious society.
The boss had pulled out... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - B -- 1994
The boss had pulled out all the stops for this particular retirement dinner.
In the old horse-and... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - B -- 1994
In the old horse-and-buggy days, a young man was engaged to marry a young woman.
Max Lucado, in his book... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
Max Lucado, in his book, On the Anvil, uses the image of blacksmith's anvil to understand the
It is a comforting Christian... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
It is a comforting Christian doctrine to realize that there is no automatic connection between our m
Truck-stop Chaplain Charlie was... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
Truck-stop Chaplain Charlie was sitting with a distraught young man in a McDonalds just off Route 80
After a football game between... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
After a football game between seventh graders, a furious father awaited the coach.
Words have prodigious power, for... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
Words have prodigious power, for good or for ill, to destroy or to make new.
The runner wore blue running... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
The runner wore blue running shorts and a blue singlet when he ran the Boston Marathon.
Dare Mighty Thingsbr... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
"Dare Mighty Things"Theodore Roosevelt
Because the Sovereign Lord helps... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
"Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced ..." Life piles layer upon layer of va
Harold Schonberg once described the... -- Isaiah 50:4-9a -- Passion Sunday - C
Harold Schonberg once described the vocal chords of Luciano Pavarotti as being "kissed by God." What

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Savior Until The Palms Run Out -- Isaiah 50:4-9a, Philippians 2:5-11 -- Carter Shelley
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Janice B. Scott
Prayers usually include these concerns and may follow this sequence:

The Church of Christ

Creation, human society, the Sovereign and those in authority

The local community

Those who suffer

The communion of saints


These responses may be used:


Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer
Lord, hear us.
Lord, graciously hear us.

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With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
-- Isaiah 12:3

John W. Clarke
No reading of Luke is complete without coming to realize that Luke is concerned that the world understands that Jesus is the hope of the world and that any teaching that leads away from that fact is a false teaching. No matter what, no matter when, Jesus will be there to give us life.

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Whoever does not work should not eat!
-- 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NLT)

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