All Saints Day: November 4, 2007.(Preaching Helps)(Sermon)

From: Currents in Theology and Mission | Date: August 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18

Psalm 149

Ephesians 1:11-23

Luke 6:20-31

Rejoice in God's saints--and watch them closely! They know what the darkened minds of a calculating age cannot know. They see what is truly real in a time when human eyes fixate on appearances. They abide in hope when the world mocks them as naive. They hear the music of a world of mercy and grace and move to its rhythms before that new age fully appears. They are the face of Christ's holy future, and we give thanks for their witness that saves us, too.

Ephesians 1:11-23 holds no distrust for a ...

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