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Jan 2025

God’s Favor Practicum Rev. Dr. Chris Hensley January 26th, 2025 Luke 4:14-21 Throughout my theological education I have had the privilege to sit in several practicums. These were always my favorite classes. From highly specific pastoral care in the parish to more generalized ministry practicums. I fancy myself a more practical theologian anyway and have always enjoyed taking what I have learned in the classroom setting and putting it into practice in the real world. Practicality is important for followers of Christ. While having a working understanding of the various theories of......

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Jan 2016

1-24-2016 Good News – Luke 4 14-21 Good News A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church January 24, 2016 Luke 4:14-21 Nazareth.  It’s a map dot, too small and too far away to be called a suburb of Jerusalem.  Not much happens here.  Life is slow.  It always has been. It’s just a community of farmers and fisherman and day laborers. Comedian Anthony Clark, a native of a small town called Gladys, Virginia, used to joke that if you only had a year left to live, you should move to Gladys, because every......

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