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Sermons from August 2010

August 29, 2010: “The Theology of Mark Twain, Mark Twain Guest Preacher”

Mark Twain Guest Preacher(A Sermon using the words of Mark Twain from Various Sources)Rev. Arthur G. Severance Let me start by talking about God: — Notebook — Mark Twain, speech, “Education and Citizenship” Religion: Following the Equator ‘ Eruption’ with the one He was after. – Autobiography of Mark Twain Christian Science The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of…

August 22, 2010: “How to Shop for a Church”

My friend and colleague from the Southwest District who has served the C UU Church on the River in Memphis, TN, for more than 20 years, tells ‘The Parable of the Patient List,’ in his Berry Street Essay from a few years ago, ‘When you go into the pastoral care office at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis you will discover along the…

August 15, 2010: “The Danger of the Prophetic Pulpit; Why Politics and Religion Must Mix”

A search committee received this letter: ‘Dear Folks, The person most responsible for the Social Gospel movement was a progressive Baptist minister, Walter Rauschenbusch. He thought a focus on personal salvation by taking Christ as our savior was as Rebecca Parker puts it, ”selfish to be so narrowly concerned with one’s own fate when life is social…’ He interpreted the kingdom of…