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Were You There, Pat?

01.06.06

The Reverend Pat Robertson is in the news again. This time for implying that God’s wrath is being revealed against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Mr. Sharon has suffered a massive stroke and is in a medically induced coma. Last year, Sharon’s government began to oversee Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands in the Gaza strip. Mr. Robertson believes Sharon has incurred divine punishment for violating the the words of the Prophet Joel. Click here for Joel 3:2

Read all about it at CBS News

It seems to me that it’s time for someone to pull the plug on Rev. Pat’s microphone. (more…)

E-pistle January 6

01.06.06

A joyous Epiphany to you! The twelve days of Christmas are now past and today we celebrate the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem. The story is told in Matthew’s gospel (click here). This is that wonderful “rejoiced exceedingly with great joy” text we heard last Sunday. I pray that this year will be a year of rejoicing exceedingly with great joy for all of us, and that is more than just a happy thought at the beginning of a new year. Read the final section of this post, “The Hope That is in Us,” for an amazing story of rejoicing always.

In this E-pistle:
THIS SUNDAY AT PARK
AS SIMPLE AS ABC
THE HOPE THAT IS IN US
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