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The Yes That Makes Possible the No (Mk. 1:21-39)

By on January 6, 2009 in Sermons

Ron Wade is one of the shepherds at Highland.  About fifteen years ago when a campus minister asked Ron if he would start a ministry to Asians in Memphis, he said “Yes.”  About four years ago when the Highland church asked if he would serve as a shepherd, Ron said “Yes.”  About two years ago [...]

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Dreams from The Holy: The Dream of Inclusion (Is. 56:1-8)

By on December 9, 2008 in Sermons

Earlier this month a photo was taken at the White House.  In it a white man and a black man sit in high back chairs in the Oval Office.  The white man is President George W. Bush.  The black man is President-elect Barak Obama.  It is the first time that a black President-elect has ever [...]

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Don’t Worry

By on November 3, 2008 in Sermons

A recent news magazine includes a photo taken on Wall Street.[1]  Amidst business men and women stands a person wearing a white mask.  The person appears to be a woman.  She holds up a sign.  The sign says, “You have every reason to worry.”  The message continues on another sign hung around her neck: “No [...]

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The Hole in our Mission

By on September 18, 2008 in Blog

Stan Guthrie writes about the church’s missing evangelism in “A Hole in Our Holism”:

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