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Nathan E. Lewisliving the gospel
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June 14 Genesis 1: 26-31 “Common Ground: The Image of God in Humanity”
June 21 Romans 5: 12-17 “Common Ground: Original Sin”
June 28 Romans 3: 9-20 “Common Ground: Total Depravity”
July 5 Psalm 2 & Romans 13: 1-7 “Common Grace: Restraining Evil”
July 19 Psalm 145 & Titus 3: 1-2 “Common Grace: Promoting Good”
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This past Sunday at Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Beaverton, those of us gathered had the privilege of hearing elder Michael Kane deliver a charge to Dann Golden-Collum at his ordination as an elder. The ongoing result is the ringing of the gospel in our ears and hearts.
CHARGE TO RULING ELDER DANN GOLDEN-COLLUM
EVERGREEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
JUNE 7 2009
2 Corinthians 4: 7
Dann,
Well, you’re about to have a rare experience – a sermon written just for you!
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that the all-surpassing power is from God and not from us
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Which U.S.A. President made each of the following statements about Islam?
1) “There is a remarkable trend toward fundamentalism in all
religions, including the different denominations of
Christianity as well as Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam.
Increasingly, true believers are inclined to begin a process of
deciding: ‘Since I am aligned with God, I am superior and my
beliefs should prevail, and anyone who disagrees with me is
inherently wrong.’”
2) “Islam is a peace-loving faith that is practiced by more than one billion people, including millions of American Muslims.”
3) “The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.”
4) “Among some Muslims, there’s a disturbing tendency to measure one’s own faith by the rejection of somebody else’s faith. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld.”
5) “Wherever the Mohammedans have had complete sway, wherever the Christians have been unable to resist them by the sword, Christianity has ultimately disappeared.”
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