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John 8:48-59, John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41, John 10:1-21

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Lori Wagner

... a soul. It’s called a golem. In folklore, this is usually an artificial creature created by magic in order to “serve” its master creator by doing commanded tasks. Several authors of the literary tradition have borrowed this idea, including ETA Hoffmann and Mary Shelley.* In Hebrew, adam is called golem for the first 12 hours of his existence.** In the Mishna, adam is “kneaded into a shapeless husk.” Created from clay or mud, the golem is then inbreathed by the creative power of God in order to ...

2. What's Wrong With Laughing?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... on her show. There, she introduced him to the cast of the musical Titanic. But that wasn't the only reason she had invited him on that day. O'Donnell, along with the Titanic's producers, had arranged to buy Joey's postcard for $60,000. Now Mary Shelley, his best friend's mom, can get her transplant. (1) That's the way to use wealth--use it to brighten people's lives. There is nothing wrong with obtaining great wealth honorably. Wealthy people have more opportunities for doing good. Wealthy people have more ...

3. Sunday's Here

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus is alive! But do not be misled. The Bible is very forthright. Fridays are still very much a part of life. Imagine what Mary Magdalene felt on Friday as she stood at the foot of the cross and watched her beloved Master be put to death. She heard ... ’ve watched a loved one suffer. Marshall Shelley asked those questions. Afterward he said, “God’s not offended by [our asking questions]. In fact, He invites it!” We don’t know how God renewed Marshall Shelley’s faith after those two tragedies, but ...

4. The Ultimate Evidence of God

2 Peter 1:16-21

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King Duncan

... but revelation. God revealed Himself through encounters with ordinary people like Moses, David, Ruth, Daniel, the Virgin Mary, John the Baptist, St. Paul and many other saints. They were imperfect vessels of God’s truth. ... story told about Robert Browning when he first met the poet, Shelley. People wanted to know what else happened on that particular occasion when the two met. Browning is said to have answered: “What else? I tell you I saw Shelley, and, of course, in view of that, everything else just ...

5. Pride Is a Noxious Weed in the Garden of Life

Luke 18:9-14

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R. Robert Cueni

... -century Florentine priest, was said to have noticed an elderly woman worshiping at the feet of the statue of the Virgin Mary outside the city's cathedral.[2] When he realized she came every day, Savonarola said to a colleague, “Look how devout ... and frailties of humanity. Pride deludes us into thinking we are God's equal. In his work, Ozymandias, the great English poet, Percy Shelley,[3] writes of the traveler who returns from an “antique land” to tell of a crumbling statue he saw in the desert. Only ...

6. Running For Joy

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Samson, David, Samuel and the prophets. If he had been writing a century later, he would have included Peter, Paul, Barnabas, both Marys--Mary, the Mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene--and a host of others who ran the race before us and are now in the stands cheering us on. But the writer knows that many ... Christian Fathers I (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1953), pp. 213-214. Cited in All the Saints Adore Thee by Bruce Shelley, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, 1988.

7. In The Beginning And The End...God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Maxie Dunnam

... mind and imagination of men as this one: "In the beginning, God." Numerous poets have tried to put in their words that day Shelley describes as the day "when God first dawned on chaos." The intrigue with the first chapters of Genesis and the story of ... attention. It was a term singer Mary Martin used to talk about her grandmother. She said that her grandmother lived in a state of "incandescent amazement." Isn't that a marvelous term? incandescent amazement. Mary Martin said that her grandmother found ...

8. Where Would We Be Without...?

Romans 3:21-31

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David E. Leininger

... Staupitz taught Luther about grace, and that true penance is a condition of the heart, not sufficiently expressed in outward acts such as reciting a number of "Hail Marys" or purchasing indulgences. But Staupitz did more. Casting about for some cure for the young monk's tormented soul, Staupitz recommended that Luther pursue a doctorate in ... calling you to do? 1. Much of the historical material contained herein comes from an article by historian Bruce L. Shelley in Christianity Today, 12/16/91, pp. 29-31.

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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