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Transfiguration or disfiguration -- 2 Kings 2:1-12, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, Mark 9:2-9 -- R. Craig Maccreary -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
The transfiguration plunges us into the kind of text that many preachers would rather avoid if possi

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I`m just proclaiming the... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B -- 1997
"I`m just proclaiming the message, so don`t kill the messenger.
While most people grumble as... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
While most people grumble as the days of winter get shorter and shorter, some people sink into a dee
Eight-year-old Nathan is... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
Eight-year-old Nathan is all about spies and doing things without anyone noticing.
Warner Sullman's The Head of... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
Warner Sullman's The Head of Christ is probably the best known painting of Jesus, at least in
This text raises the question... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
This text raises the question: Where do we see Christ's face today?
What image does the Dance... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
What image does the "Dance of the Seven Veils" conjure up in your mind?
An eminent theologian who lived... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
An eminent theologian who lived in the first half of the 20th century was the late John Oman.
The central quality of true... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
The central quality of true preaching contains a paradox.
Several years ago in England... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Several years ago in England, a man wrote to the editor of the British Weekly.
The young boy had gone... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
The young boy had gone miniature golfing with his father and other relatives and was the youngest in
I'm finally beginning to see... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
"I'm finally beginning to see the light," is not an uncommon phrase.
Clay pots (v. 7) were... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
Clay pots (v. 7) were the tin cans of the ancient world.
When what we preach is... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
When what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ, there is often an unmistakable radiance that
But the marks of pathos... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
But the marks of pathos and suffering were on that face.
One of the first songs... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
One of the first songs I learned as a child in Sunday school was "This little light of mine, I'm gon
To be able to write... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - C
To be able to write and express oneself is a joy.
Written large in the scriptures... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
Written large in the scriptures is the affirmation that what we human beings need most desperately i
Gert Behanna, the author of... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
Gert Behanna, the author of The Late Liz, tells about a daughter of a New York millionaire w
It was Dale Wasserman who... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
It was Dale Wasserman who gave us the musical version of Don Quixote, Man of LaMancha.
Have you ever watched a... -- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 -- Transfiguration Sunday - B
Have you ever watched a good verbal fight between two people?
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