Wednesday, December 03, 2014

This is Not why Christ died

A deal on a Blu-Ray TV,
Shopping on Thanksgiving
or at midnight on Black Friday.
Pushing and shoving,
cutting off our neighbors;
going into debt
to keep up with the Joneses

This is not why Christ died
why He descended from heaven.
Christ came to save us
to give us new life,
teaching and healing,
showing God’s love;
choosing the cross,
the gate to paradise

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December 3, 2014
This is Not why Christ died

Advent book study:
Acts 1:8-14
referenced article about Black Friday death in 2008
(and website for Black Friday Deaths - http://blackfridaydeathcount.com/)
Introduction and
Chapter 1. “Beginning with the End”
Not A Silent Night
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
earlier books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -
The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus
&        
“Final Words from the Cross”
&
24 Hours That Changed the World

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