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Next Sunday, February 7: "God's Call: That E-Word"

E-e-e-e-evangelism. We mainline Protestant are prone to stutter each time we encounter this word -- and why shouldn't we? The dominant discourse of televised "Christian" culture has framed "that E-word" for far too long as pious, privatized pablum -- as "winning souls for Christ", through "just-you-and-me-God, how-Jesus-and-I-feel-about-each-other" theology. We have forgotten that the New Testament Greek word euangelion was a Roman technical term lauding Caesar's victories in battle. How did the first Christians use this term to subvert Caesar and his empire in his day? How are we to evangelize -- literally, to bear the Good News -- of Christ vs. Caesar today? Stay tuned -- 11:00 am Worship next Sunday!

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