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1 Corinthians 11:23-26

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King Duncan

... the cup and remember his blood which was shed. The elements we receive remind us of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross of Calvary. There is a name that pops up in headlines nowadays. Certainly it did in last year’s presidential campaign. It is the name Vladimir Putin, president of Russia. Putin is quite a complex figure. In her book When Character Was King, author and former speech writer Peggy Noonan tells about a meeting that took place several years ago between President George W. Bush and President ...

2. A Dove Descended

Luke 3:21-22

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King Duncan

... Pope’s private library for seventy minutes. (4) Was Mikhail Gorbachev aware that he belonged to God? Could that realization have affected his actions at that critical time in history? It’s an important question. After all, Vladimir Putin was also baptized into the church. We’re told that Putin regularly attends the most important services of the Russian Orthodox Church on the main Orthodox Christian holidays and has been responsible for the restoration of many Russian churches. No one would claim that ...

3. A Russian Resurrection

John 20:1-18

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Donald Dotterer

... as Orthodox. One can now see priests giving sermons on television, encounter religious processions in St. Petersburg, and watch citizens lining up for holy water in Moscow. Even Moscow’s Darwin museum features a Christmas tree during the holidays. President Vladimir Putin has encouraged this revival and he has also benefited from it, both at home and abroad. Last year, he explained that Russia’s intervention in the Syrian civil war was designed to protect Christians from the Islamic State. Not only ...

4. A Room with Locked Doors

John 20:19-23

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King Duncan

... Soviet Union, there is the nagging fear that one day a terrorist group may pay to gain access to this weaponized smallpox. Then this ancient scourge will be a very present threat. (4) Oh, well, it’s enough to worry about what a relatively mad man like Vladimir Putin may do with such a weapon at his command, much less terrorists. There is much to fear. The disciples of Jesus knew what it was to be afraid. Our lesson for the day from John’s Gospel, begins like this: “On the evening of that first day ...

5. Raison d’Etre

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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Dean Feldmeyer

... and desperate that they have sent them here, unaccompanied, hoping that they will find a better life. Yes, we are more than capable of bending the universe toward darkness, but we are equally capable of bending it toward light. While Russian President Vladimir Putin postured, strutted, and threatened, many of the Russian people were not so proud of Russia’s role in the downing of flight MH17. Flowers and stuffed toys were left outside the gate of the Dutch embassy in Moscow with notes attached. As ...

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