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Sunday, April 30, 2006 (Third Sunday of Easter)
Scripture: John 20:19-31
Sermon: "Doubting, Faithless, Believing Thomas"
It is so easy these days to get stuck with a bad reputation. You slip up once, the media picks up on it and you are branded forever. This is not solely a function of our modern, media-crazed society. This sort of thing also happened to disciples in Jesus' day.
Due to a couple of lines in John's Gospel and perhaps an unfortunate translation, Thomas, also called Didymus, one of the twelve disciples, one who had shown some amount of bravery and conviction earlier in John's Gospel, is now forever branded "Doubting Thomas."
I think this may be an unfortunate title. If we just see this week's reading as the "doubting Thomas" story we may miss a lot of what Thomas and Jesus are trying to teach us here. Join us in worship this Sunday as we dig into this text together.
peace,
will
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Grace United Methodist Church seeks to be a place of grace in Corpus Christi, a place where anyone can experience and live out of the amazing, unconditional love of God that is poured out upon all of God's children. Our church is located at 11222 Leopard Street in Northwest Corpus Christi, Texas
We worship on Sunday mornings at 8:30 (traditional worship) 9:45 (praise service) and 11:00 (traditional worship.) If you have questions, e-mail Pastor Will.
We worship on Sunday mornings at 8:30 (traditional worship) 9:45 (praise service) and 11:00 (traditional worship.) If you have questions, e-mail Pastor Will.
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