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Peace at the End

Christmastide I
Luke 2:29-32
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 29, 1985
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Saviour of the World

Advent IV
Isaiah 7:14; John 3:16
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 22, 1985
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Why I Believe in Purgatory

Advent III
I Corinthians 3:14-15; Luke 12:47-48
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 15, 1985
Advent, Purgatory, Judgment, Forgiveness, Death, Eternity, Nature of God, Salvation, God of Grace
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Heaven and Hell: The Double Image of the Future

Advent II
Matthew 25:32; Revelations 21:3
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 08, 1985
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The Hereafter - Wishful Thinking

Advent I
Isaiah 11:1; I Thessalonians 4:14, 17
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 01, 1985
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God's Strategy for a New World

Thanksgiving
Genesis 12:3
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 28, 1985
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The Chaos of Secularism and the Community of the Spirit

Pentecost XXVI
Genesis 11:7, 9; Acts 2:8
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 24, 1985
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The Judgment That Aims at Salvation

Pentecost XXV
Genesis 6:5-6; 8:21; Isaiah 54:8
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 17, 1985
Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis, Judgment, Flood, Divine Intention, Noah, God's Radical Love
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On the Threshold of Greatness

Installation of Peter Theune Pentecost XXIV
Ephesians 3:17-18, 20-21
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 10, 1985
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Alienation and Homecoming

Pentecost XXIII
Genesis 4:6; Luke 15:20, 28
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 03, 1985
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God's Grace in Our Gloom

Reformation Sunday; Pentecost XXII
II Corinthians 5: 19, 20; 6:2
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 27, 1985
Reformation, Grace of God, Genesis, Hebrew Scriptures, Sin, Forgiveness, Freedom, Judgment, Creation
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Human Community in the Image of God

Peace Sunday; Pentecost XXI
Phillipians 2:1-11
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 20, 1985
Creation, Image of God, Community of Grace, Faith, Hebrew Scriptures, Divine Intention, Covenant, Shalom
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Creation-Covenant-Consummation

Pentecost XX
Genesis 1:1; Ephesians 1:9-10
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 13, 1985
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The Church - A Sign of Newness

World Wide Communion Pentecost XIX
Isaiah 65:17
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 06, 1985
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The God Whom We Worship

Pentecost XVI
I Chronicles 29:9-13
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 15, 1985
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The God Who Blesses Our Homes

Pentecost XV
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 08, 1985
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The God Who Invites Us to Sabbath Refreshment

Pentecost XIV
Isaiah 58:13-14; Mark 2:27-28
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 01, 1985
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The God Who Never Gives Up On Us

Pentecost XIII
Hosea 11:8-9; 14:4; Romans 11:32
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 25, 1985
God's Unconditional Love, Covenant of Grace, Hebrew Scriptures, Hosea, Prophet, Judgment, Transformation
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The God Who Cares

Pentecost XII
I Peter 5:7, 10
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 18, 1985
Nature of God, Meaning, Faith, Community of Grace, Peter, Love, Presence of God
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The God Before Whom Our Life is Open/The God We Cannot Flee

Pentecost XI
Psalm 139:1, 7
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 11, 1985
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The God We Forsake

Pentecost X
Jerremiah 2:13; John 4:14
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 04, 1985
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The God Who Forgives Us

Pentecost IX
Micah 7:18-19; Romans 11:33-36
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 28, 1985
Micah, Hebrew Scriptures, Sin, Forgiveness, Nature of God, Grace, Prophets, Trust, Judgment, Transformation
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The God Who is Absent

Pentecost VIII
Job 23:3, 10; Mark 15:34
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 21, 1985
Suffering, Nature of God, Job, Hebrew Scriptures, Sin, Trust, Grace
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The God Who is There for Us

Pentecost VII
Isaiah 57:15; Hebrews 4: 13, 16
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 14, 1985
Nature of God, Mystery, Spiritual Quest, God of Grace, Immanence, Transcendence, Awe, Meaning, Revelation
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The Sovereign of History

Independence Day Pentecost VI
Habakkuk 1:5b; 3:18; Revelation 19:6
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 07, 1985
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The Church: From Tradition to Mission

Pentecost V
Acts 6: 5, 8
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
June 30, 1985
Community of Faith, Followers of Jesus, Grace, Pluralism, Non-exclusive, Nature of Theology, Stephen, Creeds, Traditionalsim, Mission
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The Living God Saves Us from Religion

Pentecost II
Isaiah 46:4
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
June 09, 1985
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God: The Open Secret

Trinity Sunday Baccalaureate Sunday
II Corinthians 4:6
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
June 02, 1985
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Visions and Dreams: Reaching Toward Century Twenty-One

Pentecost
Exodus 3:2; Acts 2:17
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 26, 1985
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A Blank Check from a Generous Father

Ascension Sunday
II Corinthians 9:7-8
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 19, 1985
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Faith and Devotion are Found at Home

Mothers Day
I Samuel 1:27
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 12, 1985
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A Sure Sign of Grace

Eastertide III
II Corinthians 8:5
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 28, 1985
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Victory Through the Blood

Eastertide I
I Peter 1:18, 21
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 14, 1985
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Overcoming By the Blood

Easter Sunday
Revelation 5: 6, 9, 12
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 07, 1985
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Reconciliation Through the Blood

Palm Sunday
Colossians 1:20
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 31, 1985
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Cleansed by the Blood

Lent V
Hebrews 10:14; I John 1:7
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 24, 1985
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The Life is in the Blood

Lent IV
Leviticus 17:11; John 6:54-55
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 17, 1985
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Living with Care

Epiphany V
Isaiah 42:3, 6; Matthew 9:36
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 17, 1985
Servant Songs, Hebrew Scriptures, Meaning, Servanthood, Empathy, Awareness
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Living in Dialogue

Epiphany IV
Mark 1:35; Luke 22:42; Luke 23:46
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 10, 1985
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Living with Wonder

Epiphany III
Isaiah 6:1
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 03, 1985
Epiphany, Wonder, Transcendence, Worship, Prophet Isaiah, Presence, Sacred
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Living with Open Hands

Epiphany II
Matthew 6:24, 33
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 27, 1985
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Living from Commitment

Epiphany I
Luke 14: 27, 33
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 20, 1985
Spiritual Quest, Epiphany, Followers of Jesus, Institutional Religion, Nature of Religion, Transcendence, Worship, Community of Faith
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Follow the Star: Trust the Vision

Epiphany Sunday
Matthew 2:9
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 06, 1985
Epiphany, Nativity, Magi, Mystery, Revelation Spiritual Quest, Inclusive, Hope
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