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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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Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

In our worship today, let us come to Jesus to drink at his fountain of living water and eat of the living bread that he offers us, so that we will never be spiritually hungry or thirsty again.

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Jesus, help us to drink your living water.
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United in the grace of Christ.

Collect of the Day
After recognizing Christ as the true bread that gives life, we pray for this bread that He may live in us and that we may live as His body in the world. Justification (as Intimate Union), Sanctification, and church are emphasized.

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Psalm 130
See Pentecost 3.

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Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
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Leader:
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People:
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In heaven,
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Praise God!
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