Twelve
sermons dealing with faith, the state, and military might:
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| "Two
sermons about holy land"
texts: 1 Kings 8: 1,6, 10-12, 27-30, 41-43; Psalm
84: 1-4,
10; John 14: 1-7; Deuteronomy 7: 1-6; Isaiah 61: 1-9; Luke 4: 16-29 |
| "Awesome
Basilea" texts: Jeremiah 17: 7-8; Matthew
13: 31-32 |
| "The
Challenge of Patriotism" texts: 1 Samuel
8: 4-18; Psalm 118: 1-9 |
| "Distinctions
Among Ourselves" texts: James 2: 1-5;
Ephesians 2: 11-18 |
| "God
and Country" texts: 1 samuel 10: 17-19,
20a, 25; Romans 13: 1-7; Revelation 13: 1-8 |
| "Pre-emptive
Good" texts: Romans 12: 9-21; Matthew 10:
1, 5-16; Matthew 16: 21-26 |
| "Remembering
Nine-Eleven" Exodus 12: 1-14; Romans 13: 8-12 |
| "Ultimate
Authority" Psalm 99: 1-5; Romans 13: 1-5; Matthew 22: 15-22 |
| "Violence
Cannot Overcome Violence" texts: Genesis
6: 11-12; Revelation 18: 18b-21; Matthew 3: 1, 10-11a, 12; Matthew 11:
11-12 |
| "What
Kind of Deliverance" texts: 2 Samuel:
1-3, 32-43, 47-49; Isaiah 9: 2-7; Psalm 46; Philippians 2: 1-11 |
| Readers
interested in the above sermons may also wish to read my series of
Bible studies entitled, "Faith and the Spirits of Politics,
in Volume 2 of The
Pastor's Bible Study: A New Interpreter's Bible Study Resource,
published by Augsburg Press. |