Fear is their
message
hate,
intimidation
the burning cross
their tool
setting divisions,
hatred,
not drawing
others to Christ
seeking to hurt,
to harm
to intimidate our
neighbors
Nothing of the Christ
in burning a
cross
nothing Christian
in this,
in engendering
fear in people
especially in the
Deep South
Hate isn’t
Christian
nothing of the
real Jesus
the One who
descended
becoming poor, emptied
of heaven
God who chose to
walk as a man
Nothing of Jesus,
our Savior
who told us to
love as He did
who suffered, who
died
bearing our cross,
our shame
God who rose to
give us life
We are to love
one another
our sisters, our
brothers
those unlike us,
strangers
those who were
cast out, separate,
the least and the
lost
When hate claims
Christ’s name
evil stalking, hurting
His people
His ministry here,
on this earth
the hope of the
nations
God’s kingdom
more is distant
Nothing of Jesus,
nothing Christian
in hate,
injustice, fear, intimidation
in setting
peoples apart
spreading
division, anger
not spreading Christ’s
love
Stand with Jesus,
now
against hate,
injustice
speak out against
them
those burning
that cross
for they are not
Christian
not Christian in
the least
seeking to hurt,
to harm
to intimidate our
neighbors
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edited October 31, 2014
Fear is Their Message – v3
(editing original again)
Edited November 21, 2013
Fear is Their Message – v2
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to Fear
is Their Message
edited July 4, 2012
changing the name to Hate
isn’t Christian - 2
changing the name to
“Nothing Christian”
edited July 4, 2012
When Hate Claims Christ’s
Name – v2
When Hate Claims Christ’s
Name
Written July 4, 2012
&
"All White
Christian" convention being held in Lamar County this week
&
How the Christian Identity
Movement Began
&
July 4, 2012
We
Pray for Our Nation – v3
July
2, 2012
We
Pray for Our Nation – v2
extract
of Prayers of the People
second of a worship series
on:
“Cruising the Sacred
Waters of Our Faith”
Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)
Call
to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)
Unison
Prayer
Prayer
of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)
(adapted
from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)
Communion,
UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!
by
Raymond A. Foss
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
July
1, 2012
Fifth
Sunday of Kingdomtide
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