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when i feel i'm slipping further away

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well, i remember that everyday, i get a little bit closer / to you A sermon on Jesus' sermon to end all sermons : Well, Jesus certainly got our attention with that one. Didn’t he? With this passage, Jesus strikes upon something we’re all deeply invested in: time . And Jesus strikes at the heart of the matter, too. Time, says Christ, is winding down . Now, on one hand, we all already know this. Don’t we? We’ve all felt the passage of time. We can all tell that time inexorably goes in one direction only . We’ve all had that uncanny experience of noticing the slippage of time in real -time! On the other hand, though , we don’t believe it. Do we? At least we don’t live like we believe it, not really. We all carry on as if time doesn’t have our number. We all live as if the present will continue indefinitely .   Of course, it goes without saying that it never does. And I’m not just talking about the certainty of change , either. I’m talking about the inevitable conclusion ...

even after death & dirt

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let 'em know who said it first Sermon Series on Revelation; Revelation 13 : Today’s scripture is like something straight from a horror movie… Two beasts; one rises from the sea, the other rises from the land. Wreaking havoc in service of the dastardly Dragon. They force all they encounter to worship that Dragon by hook or by crook, they method matters not… It was before the passage of scripture we read that we meet the Dragon these Beasts serve. John tells us he is the ancient serpent who is called Devil and Satan.  After the birth of the Messiah, the Dragon tried to kills the Messiah, but he was snatched away to safety in Heaven, So the Dragon tried to storm Heaven. The Dragon, however, is no match for the arch-angel Michael and his battalion. He’s unceremoniously thrown from Heaven, and lands to earth in a heap. Like a pile of dirty laundry .  Bested, the Dragon unleashes his fury on the inhabitants of earth. His cronies in this chaos are the tw...