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<DIV><FONT size=4>...in the Transfiguration of Jesus, the true identity of Jesus
is revealed. Christ is the very Son of God. His face became like God’s. His
clothes shone like they were on fire and that is the Bible’s way of saying that
Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus is not one more religious genius. He is not a
religious giant. He is not one more prophet. He is not one more Ghandi,
Confucius, and Mohammed, all rolled into one. This is the only Son of God who
has ever walked on earth. That is what God wants to communicate this
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<DIV><FONT size=4><O:P><A
href="http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_jcsuperman.htm">http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_jcsuperman.htm</A></O:P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>Edward F. Markquart<BR>- - - - -</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4>Have you been to the mountain? Have you had
visions…where you know for sure that you are loved by God? Visions…that Jesus
Christ is the mind of God, the heart of God, the Son of God, the truth about
God. Have you caught that vision? Visions of what it means to love one another.
Have you caught the vision of God’s kind of love? Have you been to the mountain?
With Martin Luther King Jr., have you beeeeeeen to the mountain and have you
seeeeeeen the Promised Land.<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><O:P><A
href="http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_a_vision_on_a_mountaintop.htm">http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_a_vision_on_a_mountaintop.htm</A></O:P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Edward F. Markquart<BR>- - - -
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>Let us pray. Creator God, you have called us to follow in
the footsteps of Jesus. That path leads us up to high mountain top experiences.
We feel closer to you than ever before. As we long to dwell in those mountain
top places, those places where we bathe in your radiance, remind us that we
can't stay there forever. You also called us to walk on the earth in the midst
of those in need, in the midst of those who ask us to be present in their lives.
Remind us as we walk on this earth and serve one another, we look forward to the
glory of being in your heavenly realm, the place of eternal life. In the name of
the One whom we followed there, we pray. Amen.</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4><A
href="http://day1.org/641-listening_openly_visiting_earnestly">http://day1.org/641-listening_openly_visiting_earnestly</A></FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>Francis Miller</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>...he reported that he had indeed gone through an NDE. It
was an illusion, he insisted, caused by brain chemicals. I still do not believe
in anything at all except science. When we are dead, we are dead and that’s
that. However, he seemed less afraid of death than most of his atheist
colleagues. One of them asked him if he was not afraid that he might be wrong.
Promise you won’t quote me? Yes. Well, I figure that if the NDE was all an
illusion then I have nothing to lose by saying it was an illusion. On the other
hand, if the person in white that the brain chemicals made me imagine is real,
well there’s so much love there, I have nothing to lose either because I will be
forgiven. So it’s a good gamble. Oh, said his colleague.</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.agreeley.com/hom07/mar04.htm">http://www.agreeley.com/hom07/mar04.htm</A></FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>Andrew Greeley, 2001</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2 [OK, not the Gospel, but too
cute not to notice, as usual!]</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>"That Moses. He’s such a kidder!" </FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>Two sheep in a cartoon talking: </FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>First one, holding a bubbly cocktail glass, "Now
what?"</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P></O:P><O:P><FONT size=4>Second, wearing a veil over its mouth and nose
with tassels on the veil bottom, says "I'm trying to understand Moses'
motivation."</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>First one, "Moses wore a veil to hide his glowing face
after his encounter with God, not because he wanted to be a belly
dancer!"</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>Second sheep: "I knew that."</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>First one looks peeved and skeptically
concerned.</FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.agnusday.org/">http://www.agnusday.org/</A></FONT></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV><O:P><FONT size=4>James Wetzstein</FONT></O:P></DIV><O:P>
<DIV><FONT size=4>2sheep@agnusday.org</FONT></DIV>
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