I read the Interpreter's Bible and I thought the commentary was being a little too excusing and forgiving even in a non-literal level. "It was not the will of...
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Jeremy O'Neal (pe...
aparna99_in
Jul 3, 2011 9:08 pm
How true about violence and power. Thanks for this insight. ... From: keith sanzen <redsage78@...> To: BibleStudyEGUMC <BibleStudyEGUMC@yahoogroups.com>...
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Jane Isaac
j112678
Jul 18, 2011 2:56 pm
It's a good deal here http://goo.gl/BPVFd Try it...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Jul 29, 2011 2:40 pm
In this week's Torah commentary, Rabbi Marc Wolf writes about Moses retelling the story of their journey, as the people of Israel are about to enter the...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Aug 4, 2011 2:18 pm
Hi Friends, In response to a question from Wheeler after Sunday's sermon, I wrote a blog about wrestling with scripture: ...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Aug 5, 2011 8:22 pm
... From: Wheeler Van Brocklin <wheels53vb@...> Sent: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 1:02 pm Subject: Bill; see below results from re-read and re-write, TX!--W Friday,...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Aug 15, 2011 7:21 pm
Hi Friends, I am sending you the link to the first of three blog posts looking at the so-called "clobber passages," the seven biblical passages typically ...
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Bill Trench
northsagamore
Sep 2, 2011 11:23 am
Hi All, On Sunday Pastor Carol will be talking about conflict in relationships. The Torah commentary by Professor Arnold Eisen raises some of those issues in...
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keith sanzen
redsage78
Sep 7, 2011 3:38 am
I posted this week's scripture with a few notes on a blog. Feel free to post comments.  ...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Oct 20, 2011 1:54 pm
Hi Friends, I was in the middle of reading this week's Torah Commentary (that will be a separate email) when I came across this commentary on a passage from...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Oct 20, 2011 3:55 pm
Hi Friends, As promised, this is the Torah Commentary related to the Midrash reflection, which I sent our earlier. The commentary on Creation and Zionism is...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Oct 26, 2011 6:59 pm
Hi Friends, Just a note to say we now have sermon audio available on our web site: _http://www.gbgm-umc.org/eg/Audio_Sermons.html_ ...
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Vickie Hadge
vlhadge
Oct 26, 2011 9:48 pm
Thanks Bill! Virtually Done by Vickie "Our business is supporting you." Virtual Business Support Services www.virtuallydonebyvickie.com 860-870-4777 From:...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Nov 16, 2011 4:39 pm
Hi All, Attached please find the "Faith Link" for this Sunday. This is the study guide being used by our Sunday morning Bible Study, which meets in the ...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Dec 23, 2011 3:36 pm
Hi Friends, The Torah Commentary for this week is about suffering and sorrow. It does not fit with our "Merry Christmas" greetings, but it is appropriate for...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Jan 6, 2012 4:46 pm
Hi Friends, This does not relate to our Sunday text, but it makes an important point about faith and truth telling. Shalom, Bill Parashat Va-yehi Genesis...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Jan 17, 2012 5:02 pm
Hi Friends, I'm sending this blog link because it invites further meditation on the scripture we used on Sunday. ...
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steve huikko
huikko715
Jan 17, 2012 10:14 pm
Some sermons include some epiphanies, some great some small. But when the same question in Luke went on show that the response was the parable of the Good...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Feb 4, 2012 4:09 pm
Hi Friends, This is not the sermon I had planned for Sunday. We're still on the Lectionary, but I have switched from the Epistle (I Corinthians 9:16-23) to the...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Feb 13, 2012 2:32 pm
In the Torah Commentary, Rabbi Marc Wolf reflects on a lecture given at JTS by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. He compares Justice Breyer's approach to...
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Bill Trench
northsagamore
Mar 9, 2012 9:58 pm
Hi Friends, On Sunday we will be looking at the story commonly called, "The Anointing at Bethany." Years ago Paul Tillich preached a sermon on this text. It...
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Bill Trench
northsagamore
Mar 24, 2012 3:36 pm
Hi Friends, As I was working on the sermon for this Sunday, I came across this article by John Cobb on the Atonement. Since that is a central issue in our...
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ddmrobin1@...
ddmrobin
Mar 24, 2012 8:45 pm
Dear Bill: Will we ever know what Paul believed when the meaning of so many Greek words depend on context or the scholars translation? Is it important to know...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Apr 5, 2012 3:32 pm
The Torah Commentary for this week focuses on the truth of the Exodus story as a living reality in our lives. As we remember Jesus' Passover meal with his...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Apr 12, 2012 1:15 pm
Hi Friends, I'm sending along Keith Sanzen's Easter Sunrise sermon. I think you will find it a meaningful meditation for the Easter season. It is also...
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Kimberly S. Wertz
Kim_Wertz
Apr 12, 2012 1:40 pm
Miss you Keith! You're pretty good at that preaching stuff! That was awesome. Thanks for sending it Bill....just had my "Easter moment"...because sometimes (if...
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August, Gerri S.
gerri823
Apr 12, 2012 1:58 pm
Thank you. I needed this. Gerri _____________________________ Gerri S. August, Ph.D. Department of Educational Studies Rhode Island College 600 Mt. Pleasant...
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Laura N. Peterson
egbiblestudy
Apr 17, 2012 3:51 pm
What a wonderful Easter Sunrise meditation! Thank you for your crisp insight, Keith, and thank you for sharing it with all of us, Bill! I am blessed indeed by...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
May 26, 2012 9:38 pm
The Torah Commentary by Rabbi Abigail Treu concerns a very mundane passage in the book of Numbers, but it relates something eternally important. You may note...
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Billtrench@...
northsagamore
Dec 6, 2012 2:50 pm
Hi Friends, The Torah Commentary for this week is focused on the story of Joseph, but the theme of the commentary, forgetting and remembering, is...
