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Sermon: Universalism means universal love

That light so lovely is God’s invitation to everyone, God’s intention for the whole world to experience justice and live in peace. Because we know that the grace of Jesus Christ is for all people, we also know that as Christians we cannot care only about those closest to us, only about those who look like us, only about those who share our race, our faith, or our nationality. Continue reading

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Sermon: The Book of Revelation – not that terrifying!

Despite the extravagance of its language, the revelation of this apocalypse, the interpretation of this prophecy, the situation that this letter addresses, was simple. John was writing to Christians living and working within the Roman Empire to tell them that as Christians they must resist the Roman imperial cult in which emperors were worshipped alongside other deities. Continue reading

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