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1. Avoiding Our Pain

Mark 6:30-44, 53-56

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J. Dudley Weaver

Henri Nouwen wrote that "our culture has become most sophisticated in the avoidance of pain, not only our physical pain but our emotional and mental pain as well. We not only bury our dead as if they were still alive, but we also bury our pains as if they were not really there. We have become so used to this state of anesthesia, that we panic when there is nothing or nobody left to distract us. Wh...

2. Death in Jesus Christ

Mark 8:27 - 9:1

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J. Dudley Weaver

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who lost his life for the sake of the Gospel, literally, wrote: "When Christ calls a (person), he bids him come and die. It may be a death like that of the first disciples who had to leave home and work to follow him, or it may be a death like (Martin) Luther's who had to leave the monastery and go out into the world, but it is the same death every time - death in Jesus Christ...

3. What Are We To Do About This?

John 6:1-15

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J. Dudley Weaver

The telephone rings, you answer, it's someone from the church. After a bit of polite chit-chat, the caller gets to the point: "The reason I'm calling," she confesses, "is that we would really like it if you would consider teaching Sunday School next year, or serving as a Presbyterian Women's Ministry leader, singing in the choir, chairing a particular committee, whatever." And you think: "Dear God...

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1. Avoiding Our Pain

Mark 6:30-44, 53-56

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J. Dudley Weaver

2. Death in Jesus Christ

Mark 8:27 - 9:1

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J. Dudley Weaver

3. What Are We To Do About This?

John 6:1-15

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J. Dudley Weaver

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