Episode 150: Greed
The Rev. Dr. Alix Pridgen
Luke 12 Jesus teaches us to be on guard against greed and to instead invest in our relationships with God and one another.
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Weekly sermons delivered by The Rev. Dr. Alix D. Pridgen
Luke 12 Jesus teaches us to be on guard against greed and to instead invest in our relationships with God and one another.
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Sermon delivered on the 4th of July weekend.
Text: Galatians 6:1-16
Texts: John 14 , Genesis 11:1-9, and Acts 2:1-21
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Jeremiah 17:5-10
Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. They shall be like a shrub in the desert and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit. The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse— who can understand it? I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.
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