Sermon given August 18, 2013 at Bethlehem UCC in Ann Arbor Mi.

1. Regaining a Prophetic Voice
Associate Pastor Rev. Greg Briggs
August 18, 2013
Bethlehem United Church of Christ

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6. Jeremiah 23:30-31
“See, therefore, I am against the prophets,”
says the Lord, “who steal my words from one
another. See I am against the prophets,” says
the Lord, “who use their own tongues and say,
‘Says the Lord.’”

8. Sojourner Truth

13. 1 John 3:17
“But whoever has this world’s
goods, and sees his brother in
need, and shuts up his heart
from him, how does the love
of God abide in him?”

14. http://www.themarinfoundation.org/imsorry/

15. http://www.themarinfoundation.org/imsorry/

16. “If you and I find joy in
ridicule ... We are destroying
the body of Christ.”
Bruce Reyes Chow
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17. Stephen Colbert, “The Colbert Report”

20. “When one tree in a forest
is sick, the tree is sick.
When half the trees in the
forest are sick, it’s a blight.”
Carol Howard Merritt
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21. “Every social movement
needs allies: women
needed men, blacks
needed whites, gays
needed straights to
obtain their rights.”
Bishop Yvette Flunder
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23. “We [Christians] have to
be hospice chaplains &
new church obstetricians.”
Rev. Mike Piazza
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