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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=4>So let’s say we’re going to read the whole Bible
in one year; that is 66 books, 1189 chapters, and at three chapters a day, five
minutes per each chapter, that totals 92 hours of reading.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So I want you to summarize the whole
Bible, the 66 books, the 1189 chapters, the 92 hours of reading.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What would you say?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How would you summarize the whole Bible?
With a tangled history of the Jews?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>With a tangled list of theologies that appeal to?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How would you summarize all your
reading?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jesus summarizes the whole
Bible with eight words:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Love one
another as I have loved you.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Eight
words to summarize 66 books, 1189 chapters and 92 hours of reading.</FONT><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><A
href="http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_love_can_be_so_simple.htm">http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_love_can_be_so_simple.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=4>Edward F.
Markquart</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=2><FONT size=4>...a quotation by
Morris Niedenthal, who teaches and preaches at the University of Chicago. He
says that Jesus accepted people just the way they were, but he never left people
just the way they were because he loved them<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>. Jesus always made them better.</FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_i_love_you_charlie_brown.htm">http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_i_love_you_charlie_brown.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=4>Edward F.
Markquart</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P>Notice Jesus’ arms at the top of the painting, by Salvador Dali, the Spanish
genius, that his arms are stretched out, that his forgiveness is for
<EM>all</EM> people in the world. “This is my blood shed FOR YOU and for ALL
people.” </P>
<P>This gift is both personal and universal at the same time. This gift of
forgiveness is FOR YOU PERSONALLY and for EVERYBODY. </P>
<P><A
href="http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_a_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_words.htm">http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_a_picture_is_worth_a_thousand_words.htm</A></P>
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<DIV><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=4>Edward F.
Markquart</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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