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Sermon: First Importance

Posted May 22nd, 2008

First Importance (The Varieties of Resurrection Experience, II)

Preached by the Rev. Doug Clark
April 13, 2008

I begin this morning with an apology to Karen Pence. I should not have blamed you, Karen, for my sermon series on resurrection. Actually, I should have thanked you for asking me if I believe in resurrection. You’ve inspired me to think more thoroughly about resurrection, both in the New Testament and in the Christian life. Besides, so long as I’m preaching about resurrection, I won’t be able to preach about baseball…unless of course the outcome of the 2004 World Series was a kind of resurrection experience for long-suffering citizens of Red Sox Nation like myself…

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