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July 8, 2018
Pentecost 7B
Mark 6:1-13
Brookside Community Church
8 East Main Street
Brookside, NJ 07926
brooksidechurch.org
When the Bible is turned into a tool to justify violence, faithfulness to God requires us to reread it, contest it, or even resist portions of it.
Sermon notes are available here, either in pdf or epub format.
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July 1, 2018
Pentecost 6B
Mark 5:21-43
Brookside Community Church
8 East Main Street
Brookside, NJ 07926
brooksidechurch.org
Truly inclusive Christian communities have the audacity to wrestle with the Bible. That is what it looks like to act with faith in God. They do this by joining with the generations before them and inspiring those who will come after them in the struggle to become faithfully human.
Sermon notes are available here, either in pdf or epub format.
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June 24, 2018
Pentecost 5B
Mark 4:35-41
Brookside Community Church
8 East Main Street
Brookside, NJ 07926
brooksidechurch.org
Truly inclusive religious spaces are those that say, “We long for you to be included among us because we cannot fully encounter the mystery of God without you.”
Sermon notes are available here, either in pdf or epub format.
