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Worship This Weekend | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Tasters and Imitators →. August 8, 2015 · 4:38 pm. Opinion polls say the huge majority of people in the United States believe in God. But what kind of God? A god whose anger leads to violence like ISIS, or parts of our Old Testament, such as Numbers 11:1, Judges 2:12 and other places? A god who shows no passion, except when we have a really sympathetic need and we get enough people to pray in the right way? God faith that is like taking a big bite to experience God. Hymnal 82...
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January | 2015 | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Monthly Archives: January 2015. January 26, 2015 · 3:26 pm. A Whale of a Tale. And the people of Nineveh believed God. Texts: Mark 1:14-20; Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12. I know I have told my favorite fishing story before. If you have heard it, I trust you do not mind listening again. I do promise to be careful which. Old, old stories. That seems unbelievable here, let alone in New York City. The other thing that may be even more difficult to accept is the assertion:. The w...
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It won’t reach | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Worship this coming weekend. Worship This Weekend →. July 27, 2015 · 2:48 pm. Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says they Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’. Texts: 2 Kings 4:42-44; John 6:1-21. How do you respond to the story of Jesus feeding the multitude? Perhaps you remember as a young child hearing with trust:. Isn’t it nice. Everyone got some. Preparing for this day, my mind focused on the story in our Old Testament lesson. The Old Testament h...
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April | 2015 | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Monthly Archives: April 2015. April 27, 2015 · 4:19 am. Who are the others? I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Texts: John 10:11-18; Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23. Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep and does not know where to find them. As we were planning for this time of worship, with our lessons focused on sheep, our minds did go to other literature in which sheep are mentioned, such as. He is risen indeed!
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Worship this coming weekend | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! It won’t reach →. July 23, 2015 · 2:02 pm. Worship this coming weekend. Do you watch closely when the pie is being cut? Do we still experience the concern that someone else is going to get a bigger piece of the dessert than I will receive? Maybe that was never a concern for you. Is that, however, still the basic question we ask as we debate issues in our society from local taxes to federal budgets to international treaties? Do we limit God, picturing only the pie maker? 145:1...
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May | 2015 | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Monthly Archives: May 2015. May 30, 2015 · 1:38 pm. Worship this weekend — The HOLY TRINITY. Perhaps you have heard someone say:. I thought I was being helpfulbut now am told I am co-dependent and that is unhealthy. I respect property rightsbut my neighbors are letting their house deteriorate and that will affect my house’s value when I need to sell it. How do we navigate between. Of our Lord Jesus Christ). Isaiah 6:1-8: Continue reading →. May 25, 2015 · 1:51 pm. As young ch...
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Leaders who heal | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Worship this coming weekend →. July 23, 2015 · 2:01 pm. For he is our peaceand has broken down the dividing wall. Texts: Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56; Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23. Perhaps you have heard the expression, distinguishing between. People saying something like,. I’m not religious, but I am spiritual. Remembering that, I read an editorial last week entitled,. The Global Triumph of Tribalism. Stephen B. Young,. Who are not our kind. Woe to the shepherds who d...
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Amidst the Storm | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Youth Ministry →. June 22, 2015 · 3:21 am. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind . Texts: Mark 4:35-41: Job 38:1-11; Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32. In our Wednesday morning men’s Bible study, I learned that an ancient boat had been found most likely very similar to that used in our Gospel story. The boat is approximately 20 feet long and 15 feet wide big enough to hold a crew of fishermen and equipment. Or, in our story, there is room for at least twelve guys. The opening ph...
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Tasters and Imitators | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Worship This Weekend →. August 9, 2015 · 5:47 pm. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Text: Ephesians 4:25 5:2; Psalm 34:1-8; John 6:35, 41-51; 1 Kings 19:4-8. You know, if you just add a touch of this. And it becomes even better. I cannot do that. I appreciate the people who can, and I especially appreciate the people who, in the process, let me share a taste. Is the stuff of food the real, and we only think about the spiritual? Are some ingredients missing, that are really...
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June | 2015 | P-squared
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Pastor Paul (P.P.=P-squared! Monthly Archives: June 2015. June 23, 2015 · 1:53 pm. Vacation Bible School is always a lot of energy! June 22, 2015 · 3:21 am. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind . Texts: Mark 4:35-41: Job 38:1-11; Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32. With this Gospel in the back of my mind, I was listening to some old music and heard the song that memorialized the ship and crew. The song has this haunting phrase:. Praying about this message, about our time to dwell together in this passage, I...