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3 days ago

Sermon Video with Rev. Mark Sandlin

There was a time when neither Jesus nor his followers thought of or described him as God. Why is it that so many Christians are now required to confess that Jesus was always God?

Rev. Mark Sandlin is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) from the South. He currently serves at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. He is a co-founder of The Christian Left. His blog, has been named as one of the “Top Ten Christian Blogs.” Mark received The Associated Church Press’ Award of Excellence in 2012. His work has been published on “The Huffington Post,” “Sojourners,” “Time,” “Church World Services,” and even the “Richard Dawkins Foundation.” He’s been featured on PBS’s “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly” and NPR’s “The Story with Dick Gordon.” Follow Mark on Facebook and Twitter @marksandlin.

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3 days ago

A school district in Pennsylvania, in attempt to collect about $20,000 (against an $8 million budget) of unpaid lunch room bills, sent letters to parents with accounts in arrears threatening to have their children placed in foster care if they did not pay. It forces us to wonder how people whose careers are in the care and nurture of children could become so callous and lost?

Similarly, the former governor of Puerto Rico was recently forced to resign after private emails were released in which he not only made misogynist and homophobic comments about political rivals, but he literally made fun of the poor who had died in Hurricane Maria! This sermon speaks to the way that we can drift into dehumanizing those who suffer in order to make ourselves feel more comfortable.

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Dr. Roger L. Ray
pastor, The Emerging Church
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