Nancy Ferree-Clark - "One Heart and Soul" (April 14, 1985)

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	(lively organ music)	0:03
	(footsteps thudding)	7:22
	(energetic music)	7:44
-	Welcome to this service of worship.	15:53
	We welcome those who worship with us on the radio	15:56
	and all of our visitors here today.	15:59
	One correction in the bulletin.	16:04
	The Yom HaShoah service in remembrance of the Holocaust	16:06
	will be at 12 noon on Thursday, April 18th.	16:11
	We left the time out of the bulletin.	16:15
	A special service of remembrance	16:18
	sponsored by Duke Campus Ministry.	16:20
	Traditionally, this, the first Sunday after Easter	16:24
	is known in the church as Low Sunday.	16:27
	There'll be nothing low about it here though.	16:31
	We've changed the name	16:33
	to the first festival Sunday after Easter.	16:34
	The choir which is with us	16:37
	for the last formal service of the school year	16:39
	is going out not with a whimper but a bang	16:44
	singing John Rutter's Gloria in our service today.	16:47
	I know that I speak for those of you	16:52
	who are regular worshipers here	16:54
	in thanking the faithfulness of our choir	16:56
	and those who give of themselves so generously.	16:59
	And also Ben Smith for his vigorous direction of the choir	17:03
	and what a fitting goodbye it is to be singing the Gloria	17:08
	as the school year ends.	17:13
	Next Sunday, the Elon College Choir	17:17
	will be with us as a guest choir	17:20
	and so we shall continue.	17:22
	And we thank our choir.	17:24
	By the way, the friends of the chapel	17:26
	are sponsoring a reception for our choir downstairs	17:28
	here in the chapel immediately after the service	17:32
	as a token of our gratitude.	17:34
	Our preacher for the day is the assistant minister	17:38
	to the university, Nancy Ferree,	17:41
	who leads, coordinates the undergraduate	17:44
	and graduate religious life and program here on campus.	17:48
	And we welcome her again to our pulpit.	17:53
	And now, let us prepare ourselves for worship	17:56
	on this festival Sunday after Easter.	18:00
	♪ Blessed be the God ♪	18:18
	♪ And Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ♪	18:24
	♪ Which according to his abundant mercy ♪	18:41
	♪ Hath begotten us again ♪	18:58
	♪ Unto a lively hope ♪	19:06
	♪ By the resurrection ♪	19:13
	♪ Of Jesus Christ ♪	19:20
	♪ From the dead ♪	19:26
	(lively organ and choral music)	19:37
-	Let us pray.	24:36
	Almighty God, we have celebrated with joy	24:46
	the festival of our Lord's resurrection.	24:50
	And you have again brought us to your house of prayer	24:53
	to praise your goodness.	24:56
	Accept now in your endless mercy	24:59
	the sacrifice of our worship and thanksgiving.	25:01
	And grant us those requests which will be wholesome for us.	25:05
	Make us to be children of the light and of the day,	25:09
	and heirs of your everlasting inheritance.	25:12
	Remember oh Lord,	25:16
	according to the multitude of your mercies,	25:18
	your whole church,	25:20
	all who join with us in prayer,	25:22
	all our sisters and brothers wherever they may be	25:25
	in your vast kingdom	25:29
	who stand in need of your help and comfort.	25:31
	Pour out upon them the riches of your mercy	25:35
	so that we, redeemed in soul and body,	25:39
	steadfast in faith,	25:43
	may ever praise your wonderful and holy name	25:45
	through Jesus Christ our Lord	25:50
	who lives and reigns with you in the unity	25:52
	of the Holy Spirit,	25:55
	one God now and always through all ages of ages, amen.	25:57
	("Gloria")	26:15
	♪ Gloria in excelsis deo ♪	27:08
	♪ Gloria in excelsis deo ♪	27:25
	♪ Et in terra pax hominibus ♪	27:49
	♪ Bonae voluntatis ♪	27:56
	♪ Gloria in excelsis ♪	28:17
	♪ In excelsis, ♪	28:22
	♪ In excelsis deo ♪	28:24
	♪ Et in terra pax ♪	28:36
	♪ Pax ♪	28:41
	♪ Pax ♪
	♪ Pax hominibus ♪	28:44
	♪ Bonae voluntatis ♪	28:49
	♪ Bonae voluntatis ♪	28:58
	♪ Laudamus te ♪	29:10
	♪ Benedicimus te ♪	29:15
	♪ Laudamus te ♪	29:27
	♪ Laudamus te ♪
	♪ Benedicimus te ♪	29:32
	♪ Benedicimus te ♪
	♪ Adoramus te ♪	29:43
	♪ Glorificamus te ♪	29:46
	♪ Gratias, gratias, ♪	29:54
	♪ Gratius agimus tibi ♪	29:59
	♪ Gratius agimus tibi ♪	30:12
	♪ Propter magnam gloriam tuam ♪	30:29
	♪ Propter magnam gloriam tuam ♪	30:41
	♪ Gloria in excelsis ♪	30:54
	♪ Gloria in excelsis ♪	30:57
	♪ Gloria in excelsis ♪	31:02
	♪ Gloria in excelsis ♪
	♪ Gloria in excelsis ♪	31:11
	♪ Deo, deo ♪	31:15
	♪ Gloria in excelsis deo ♪	31:31
	♪ Gloria in excelsis deo ♪	31:42
	♪ Gloria, Gloria ♪	31:53
	♪ In excelsis deo ♪	31:59
-	Let us pray.	32:36
	Open our hearts and minds oh God	32:40
	by the power of your Holy Spirit	32:44
	so that as the word is read and proclaimed	32:47
	we might hear with joy what you say to us this day, amen.	32:50
	The first lesson is taken from Acts.	32:58
	Now the company of those who believed	33:04
	were of one heart and soul.	33:06
	And no one said that any of the things which he possessed	33:10
	was his own.	33:13
	But they had everything in common.	33:15
	And with great power,	33:19
	the apostles gave their testimony	33:21
	to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.	33:23
	And great grace was upon them all.	33:26
	There was not a needy person among them.	33:30
	For as many as were possessors of lands or houses	33:33
	sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold	33:38
	and laid it at the apostles feet.	33:42
	And distribution was made to each as any had need.	33:45
	This ends the reading of the first lesson.	33:52
	And the second lesson is taken	34:13
	from the first letter of John.	34:15
	That which was from the beginning which we have heard,	34:20
	which we have seen with our eyes,	34:25
	which we have looked upon and touched with our hands	34:28
	concerning the word of life,	34:31
	the life was made manifest.	34:34
	And we saw it and testified to it,	34:37
	and proclaim to you the eternal life	34:41
	which was with the Father,	34:44
	and was made manifest to us.	34:45
	That which we have seen and heard,	34:48
	we proclaim also to you	34:51
	so that you have fellowship with us.	34:53
	And our fellowship is with the Father	34:57
	and with his son Jesus Christ.	35:00
	And we are writing this so that our joy may be complete.	35:04
	This is the message we have heard from him	35:10
	and proclaim to you	35:13
	that God is light,	35:16
	and in him is no darkness at all.	35:18
	If we say we have fellowship with him	35:22
	while we walk in darkness, we lie,	35:26
	and do not live according to the truth.	35:30
	But if we walk in the light as he is in the light,	35:34
	we have the fellowship with one another,	35:38
	and the blood of Jesus his son cleanses us from all sin.	35:42
	If we say we have no sin,	35:47
	we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.	35:51
	If we confess our sins,	35:56
	he is faithful and just,	35:59
	and will forgive our sins and cleanse us	36:02
	from all unrighteousness.	36:05
	If we say we have not sinned,	36:08
	we make him a liar,	36:10
	and his word is not in us.	36:12
	My little children,	36:16
	I am writing this to you so that you may not sin.	36:17
	But if any does sin,	36:22
	we have an advocate with the Father,	36:24
	Jesus Christ the righteous.	36:28
	And he is the expiation of our sins.	36:31
	And not for our sins only,	36:35
	but also for the sins of the whole world.	36:37
	This ends the reading of the second lesson.	36:42
	(light orchestral and choral music)	37:02
	(singing in foreign language)	42:07
-	A reading from the gospel according to Saint John.	44:33
	On the evening of that day,	44:39
	the first day of the week,	44:40
	the doors being shut where the disciples were	44:42
	for fear of the Jews,	44:45
	Jesus came and stood among them and said to them,	44:47
	peace be with you.	44:52
	When he had said this,	44:54
	he showed them his hands and his side.	44:56
	Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.	45:00
	Jesus said to them again,	45:03
	peace be with you.	45:05
	As the Father has sent me, even so, I send you.	45:07
	And when he had said this,	45:12
	he breathed on them and said to them,	45:13
	receive the Holy Spirit.	45:16
	If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven.	45:19
	If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.	45:23
	Now Thomas, one of the 12 called the twin,	45:28
	was not with them when Jesus came.	45:31
	So the other disciples told him,	45:34
	we have seen the Lord.	45:36
	But he said to them,	45:39
	unless I see in his hands the print of the nails	45:41
	and place my finger in the mark of the nails,	45:44
	and place my hand in his side,	45:47
	I will not believe.	45:50
	Eight days later,	45:53
	his disciples were again in the house,	45:54
	and Thomas was with them.	45:57
	The doors were shut but Jesus came and stood among them	46:00
	and said, peace be with you.	46:03
	Then he said to Thomas,	46:07
	put your finger here and see my hands.	46:09
	And put out your hand and place it in my side.	46:12
	Do not be faithless, but believing.	46:16
	Thomas answered him, my Lord and my God.	46:20
	Jesus said to him,	46:26
	have you believed because you have seen me?	46:28
	Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.	46:31
	Now Jesus did many other signs	46:37
	in the presence of the disciples	46:39
	which are not written in this book.	46:41
	But these are written that you may believe	46:43
	that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,	46:46
	and that believing, you may have life in his name.	46:50
	Here ends the reading of the gospel.	46:56
	Gloria in excelsis Deo, the voices of the choir ring out.	47:03

-	On this first Sunday after Easter,	0:03
	what more fitting contribution could they be making	0:05
	to this morning's liturgy than with the Gloria.	0:08
	With its driving rhythms	0:11
	and its lofty sonorities.	0:14
	Recognizing that Christ's resurrection deserves	0:17
	a celebration extending far beyond the bounds	0:20
	of one Sunday morning a year.	0:22
	Those of us who planned this service	0:25
	thought it might be appropriate to claim	0:27
	this low Sunday as a continuation of the party,	0:29
	which we began last week.	0:33
	Thus the hymns of praise, the prayers of adoration,	0:36
	the brass and the percussion of this glorious cantata	0:40
	have all been carefully orchestrated to ensure	0:43
	that you, the worshipers, might be inspired	0:47
	to truly praise God before you leave	0:50
	this house of prayer today.	0:53
	I, for one, sincerely hope that happens.	0:56
	However, knowing many of you as I do,	1:01
	I'm also aware it might not.	1:03
	You are not a congregation to be led	1:06
	where you do not choose to go.	1:08
	Some of you like this preacher,	1:10
	some of you like that one.	1:11
	Some of you loved the great litany unabridged.	1:13
	Some of you preferred the lesser abridged.	1:17
	Some of you thrive on contemporary music.	1:21
	Some of you go only for Baroque.	1:25
	As members of this learned community,	1:29
	you are being, or have already been taught,	1:31
	how to think critically,	1:34
	not just in the laboratory or the classroom,	1:37
	but in the sanctuary as well.	1:39
	And that is as it should be.	1:42
	However, this may mean standing alone on occasion,	1:45
	if you choose not to praise God	1:50
	while others shout for joy.	1:52
	Or if you choose not to believe,	1:54
	while others profess faith.	1:57
	If this description fits you,	2:00
	and you've been worried about it,	2:03
	you can breathe a sigh of relief for the next few moments,	2:06
	for you have a friend in today's Gospel lesson,	2:09
	and his name is Thomas.	2:12
	Well known for having his own mind about things,	2:15
	he stands out among the disciples.	2:19
	And not necessarily for reasons that the church	2:22
	has held in very high esteem.	2:24
	While the other disciples rejoiced of the news	2:28
	of the resurrection,	2:30
	Thomas, who had not been with them at the time	2:32
	of their first encounter with the risen Lord,	2:35
	refused to believe.	2:38
	Thus, the church, over the centuries,	2:40
	has remembered Thomas largely for his doubt.	2:42
	Usually interpreted as a characteristic weakness	2:46
	of his faith.	2:50
	To view Thomas solely in this Light however,	2:53
	is to do him a great disservice, I believe.	2:56
	It is significant, for instance, that earlier	2:59
	in the Gospel of John, as Jesus returned to Bethany	3:02
	to raise Lazarus from the dead, it is Thomas,	3:05
	who said to his fellow disciples,	3:08
	"Let us also go that we may die with him."	3:11
	A rather remarkable statement of loyalty.	3:16
	In a later discourse, Jesus is explaining to his disciples,	3:19
	"I go and prepare a place for you.	3:23
	And you know the way where I am going."	3:26
	Again, it is Thomas, the confronter,	3:29
	the completely forthright, yet humble one, who responds,	3:32
	"Lord, we do not know where you are going.	3:36
	How can we know the way?"	3:39
	By the time he had endured the confusion, the trauma,	3:43
	and the grief of Jesus' final days,	3:47
	it comes as no surprise that Thomas,	3:49
	with his zealousness for the truth,	3:52
	would demand more than simply the testimony	3:55
	of his fellow disciples of proof of the resurrection.	3:57
	With his deliberate manner often covering the facts,	4:01
	he courageously insisted on recalling Christ's suffering	4:04
	as proof of his resurrection.	4:09
	This he did by accepting Christ's own invitation	4:12
	to place his hand in his side,	4:14
	that he might not be faithless, but believing.	4:17
	And it was in this gesture of direct encounter	4:21
	with the literal evidence of the world's sinfulness,	4:24
	that he was moved to profess his true faith.	4:27
	"My Lord and my God."	4:30
	It seems that Thomas could have guessed,	4:35
	this was no way to win a popularity contest.	4:37
	One can imagine the other disciples must've been	4:40
	more in the mood to forget than to remember,	4:43
	as most of us are when it comes to	4:47
	particularly painful memories.	4:49
	To be reminded of the harsh realities of the crucifixion	4:52
	in the midst of such a glorious reunion,	4:56
	was to remember their own infidelity to Christ.	4:59
	For Jesus, the nail prints in his hands	5:03
	and the wound in his side,	5:05
	were signs of his glory through suffering.	5:07
	For the disciples, they were graphic reminders	5:10
	of their own brokenness and the brokenness of the world.	5:13
	Of course, very few of us care to be reminded of that.	5:17
	Yet for the sake of our own encounter with Christ today,	5:22
	eight days after celebrating the resurrection,	5:26
	some attention given to the wounds,	5:29
	which the world continues to inflict upon itself,	5:31
	puts Easter in ts proper context,	5:34
	at least through the eyes of Thomas.	5:38
	And it certainly seems to be the year to be reminded	5:41
	of such painful events in our recent history.	5:44
	The current Time magazine cover story is entitled,	5:47
	Vietnam: 10 Years Later.	5:51
	The photographs, statistics, excerpts from letters	5:54
	written home, bring back those experiences	5:58
	even closer to us than they seemed	6:01
	very soon after the war was over.	6:04
	"Those dead Cong didn't seem like people	6:07
	as we dragged them into piles	6:10
	and cut their equipment off them,"	6:11
	writes home one private first class.	6:14
	"It felt like a pile of rags or something.	6:17
	I can't really explain it."	6:21
	58,000 dead, 300,000 wounded,	6:24
	$150,000,000,000 expended.	6:28
	And these were only the American losses.	6:31
	To be reminded of such fresh wounds in our world	6:34
	is still almost too close to be able to withstand it.	6:38
	Even the memorial to honor the dead,	6:42
	funded largely by veterans themselves,	6:45
	continues to be controversial.	6:47
	Remembering a very different, but even more deadly war,	6:51
	we celebrate a series of 40th anniversaries this year.	6:55
	This coming Thursday, marks the observance of Yom Hashoah.	6:59
	Holocaust Remembrance Day where the 40th anniversary	7:04
	of the liberation of the holocaust survivors	7:07
	will be remembered.	7:10
	As the opening words of the service reads,	7:12
	In the presence of eyes which witnessed the slaughter,	7:16
	which saw the oppression the heart could not bear,	7:19
	I have taken an oath to remember it all.	7:22
	To remember, not once to forget.	7:27
	An oath, lest from this we learned nothing.	7:31
	Eli Wiesel has committed himself, as a survivor,	7:36
	to the retelling of this story through his gifts,	7:39
	as a writer and speaker.	7:42
	In his book Night, he recalls,	7:45
	Not far from us, flames were leaping up from a ditch.	7:48
	Gigantic flames. They were burning something.	7:51
	A lorry drew up at the pit and delivered its load.	7:55
	Little children.	7:59
	I pinched my face. Was I still alive?	8:01
	How could it be possible for them to burn people?	8:03
	Children.	8:07
	And for the world to keep silent?	8:08
	Such wounds the world inflicts upon itself,	8:13
	too painful to remember.	8:16
	Yet too painful to forget.	8:18
	The list goes on and on.	8:22
	Starving nations in Africa.	8:25
	Death squads in El Salvador.	8:27
	Apartheid in South Africa.	8:29
	Violence in our own homes and community.	8:31
	The ever present danger of nuclear holocaust	8:33
	around the globe.	8:36
	All are surrounded by a kind of untouchable quality	8:37
	in our own minds, yet in our heart and our souls	8:40
	they pierce us to the core.	8:45
	I recently saw the film,The Killing Fields,	8:49
	with its devastating depiction of genocide	8:52
	in Cambodia under the Pol Pot regime.	8:54
	After which a friend confronted me,	8:57
	"How are we supposed to live with this	8:59
	when the church doesn't even deal with it?	9:01
	Is faith strong enough to bear it?"	9:04
	I did not feel prepared to answer him at the time	9:09
	being nearly incapacitated by the film myself.	9:13
	But since that time, with the intervening celebration	9:16
	of Holy Week and Easter, I have reflected further	9:19
	upon his question.	9:23
	Paul Tillich articulated a phrase,	9:26
	the courage to be, which is inclusive of a courage,	9:27
	he calls the courage of despair.	9:33
	By this phrase, Tillich described the faith,	9:36
	which is strong enough to take the anxieties of doubt	9:38
	and meaningless so prevalent in our times onto itself.	9:41
	And to continue to ask the hard questions.	9:47
	Such courage is not meant to be an affirmation	9:51
	of the power of the individual,	9:54
	which so many aspects of our culture	9:56
	would like to confirm,	9:58
	but rather to affirm the power of God.	10:00
	The ground of being who is capable of encompassing	10:02
	all things.	10:06
	In this sense, every act of courage,	10:09
	which challenges the presence of evil,	10:12
	becomes a manifestation of the power of God.	10:14
	Thus to confront evil, in whatever context,	10:17
	is itself an affirmation of faith,	10:21
	and a part of the task of the church.	10:23
	Consider for instance the manner in which the cross	10:27
	led our processional this morning	10:30
	and the manner in which it will lead us	10:32
	back out into the world during the recessional.	10:34
	In singing, Lift High The Cross,	10:37
	we boldly affirm the victory of Christ	10:40
	over sin and death once and for all,	10:42
	even as we recognize the scars of the wounds he bears.	10:46
	Though we may not make an immediate association	10:50
	with images of war, starvation, or oppression	10:52
	as we gaze upon it, the cross nevertheless stands	10:56
	as a constant reminder of the ongoing presence of Christ	11:00
	in the midst of the world's suffering today.	11:04
	Ethiopia, Hiroshima, Cambodia,	11:07
	Central America, North America,	11:10
	there are no boundaries to His compassion.	11:12
	Thus, to avoid a confrontation with the forces of darkness,	11:15
	and the chance to denounce them,	11:19
	is the same as turning away from God.	11:21
	For it is in just such encounter	11:24
	that we can affirm our faith.	11:26
	This holds true not only for our response to evil	11:29
	out there somewhere, but for our own need	11:33
	for confession and forgiveness of sins.	11:36
	As we heard in our epistle reading this morning	11:40
	from the First Letter of John,	11:42
	if we say we have not sinned, we make Jesus a liar.	11:44
	And His word is not in us.	11:50
	Miserere nobis.	11:53
	It is in the confrontation with evil,	11:56
	not just in the world but in ourselves,	11:58
	that we finally accept God's acceptance	12:01
	of our unacceptability and discover the courage	12:03
	to affirm the faith which Thomas proclaimed,	12:07
	"My Lord and my God."	12:10
	"Have you believed because you have seen me?"	12:14
	Jesus says to Thomas.	12:17
	"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."	12:19
	A reprimand of Thomas?	12:24
	Perhaps.	12:27
	But what seems more significant here,	12:29
	is that Jesus, without rejecting Thomas,	12:31
	utilized his doubt, his questions,	12:34
	as an occasion for a further revelation	12:38
	of His power over sin.	12:40
	Just eight days earlier, He had explained his mission	12:43
	to the disciples,	12:46
	"As the Father has sent me even so I send you."	12:47
	And He had shown them His hands and His side.	12:52
	But not until Thomas requested to touch the wounds,	12:55
	was there a confession recorded by any of the disciples	12:59
	of the sovereignty of the risen Lord.	13:03
	It would seem then that in this brief scenario	13:06
	John was pointing the way to many still to come	13:09
	who would not have the chance to see in person,	13:13
	but would be called to believe.	13:17
	That includes us.	13:20
	As John reminds his readers in the opening	13:23
	passage of the first letter,	13:26
	"That which was from the beginning,	13:29
	which we have seen with our eyes,	13:32
	which we have looked upon and touched with our hands,	13:34
	concerning the word of life,	13:36
	we proclaim also to you,	13:38
	so that you may have fellowship with us.	13:41
	And our fellowship is with the Father	13:44
	and with His son, Jesus Christ."	13:47
	Nearly 2,000 years later, that fellowship is now	13:51
	extended to each of us if we choose to believe.	13:54
	Joining with the companies of those who did believe	13:59
	and were of one heart and one soul,	14:02
	we have the occasion this very day,	14:05
	to truly glorify God's name.	14:08
	Lifting high the cross do we dare to proclaim	14:11
	and to praise God in the face of unspeakable atrocities,	14:14
	in the presence of those who may not believe.	14:19
	In an age where despair threatens our very ability	14:23
	to sing praise.	14:26
	With Thomas as our example, let us proclaim in the face	14:29
	of any or all of these things,	14:34
	My Lord and my God,	14:36
	Gloria in excelcis deo.	14:39
	Thanks be to God.	14:43
	(uplifting chamber music plays)	14:50
	(muffled singing)	15:16
-	The Lord be with you.	17:13
-	And also with you.	17:14
-	Let us pray.	17:16
	Oh living God	17:30
	it is not enough that we should sing your praise,	17:32
	that we should join our hearts	17:37
	in glorification of your name.	17:38
	For we cannot glorify you without following you.	17:42
	We cannot praise you with our lips.	17:47
	That also being obedient to your will.	17:51
	Therefore,	17:56
	We praise for those whom you love	17:58
	we intercede now for those causes	18:02
	which you have made your own.	18:05
	We lift up those whom you bear.	18:09
	Oh risen God, we intercede for all those	18:14
	in the grip of death.	18:18
	Those who are sick.	18:21
	Those who are bereaved and grief stricken.	18:24
	Those who suffer due to war,	18:29
	violent revolution or oppression.	18:32
	Those who are hungry.	18:37
	Those who doubt.	18:40
	Those who cling to things and suffer from greed	18:44
	and put their trust in possessions.	18:47
	Those who are overly impressed with themselves.	18:50
	Their desires, their intellect, their ambitions,	18:54
	and blind to others.	18:58
	Preserve us oh God, from life ruled by things	19:02
	that do not bring life.	19:06
	Oh one who came forth from the tomb at Easter,	19:11
	show us the way of life.	19:14
	Save us from the discouragement that comes from fear	19:17
	of the power of evil.	19:20
	Cynicism about other people,	19:23
	and all of the powers of darkness.	19:26
	Oh one who fought the good fight,	19:31
	and triumphed over the powers of sin and death,	19:33
	who wouldn't keep silent in the face of injustice,	19:38
	take us with you in your joyous victory procession	19:43
	toward dawn.	19:47
	If it be your will.	19:50
	Give us so stunning a glimpse of your glory	19:53
	that we shall not be stupefied by death or his accomplices.	19:57
	That we should serve you rather than the host of darkness.	20:03
	We ask these things in the name of Him who is always	20:09
	able to do more than we ask, or do, or say.	20:13
	Jesus	20:17
	The risen Christ.	20:19
	Amen.	20:22
	And now as a forgiven and reconciled people,	20:26
	as a people of life, let us offer ourselves and our gifts,	20:29
	to the Lord of life.	20:35
	(uplifting chamber music plays)	20:47
	(chamber music plays)	21:35
	(singing in foreign language)	22:02
	("Doxology")	27:58
	♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪	28:30
	♪ Praise Him all creatures here below ♪	28:36
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	28:43
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	28:46
	♪ Praise Him above ye heavenly host ♪	28:50
	♪ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost ♪	28:57
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	29:03
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	29:07
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	29:10
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	29:14
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	29:18
	♪ Amen ♪	29:27
-	Gracious God	29:38
	You have brought us forth from death to life	29:40
	even as our Lord Jesus was raised from the tomb	29:44
	we praise you and glorify you with trumpet,	29:49
	with drums and with our voices.	29:53
	And now we glorify you with our lives and our gifts,	29:55
	offered to you in joyous thanksgiving.	29:59
	Our Father who art in heaven,	30:03
	hallowed be thy name.	30:06
	Thy kingdom come,	30:08
	thy will be done,	30:10
	on earth as it is in heaven.	30:11
	Give us this day our daily bread,	30:13
	and forgive us our trespasses.	30:16
	As we forgive those who trespass against us.	30:19
	And lead us not into temptation,	30:23
	but deliver us from evil.	30:25
	For thine is the kingdom and the power	30:27
	and the glory forever.	30:31
	Amen.	30:33
	(uplifting chamber music plays)	30:36
-	And now may the grace of our Lord and Savior	34:50
	Jesus Christ go forth and be with you now and always.	34:53
	♪ Amen! ♪	35:04
	♪ Amen! ♪	35:07
	♪ Amen! ♪	35:08
	♪ Amen! ♪	35:11
	♪ Amen! ♪	35:14
	(uplifting chamber music plays)	35:26
	(music drowns out voices)	35:31

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Title:

Nancy Ferree-Clark - "One Heart and Soul" (April 14, 1985)

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Sermon start time: (Part 1): 47:03. Sermon end time: (Part 2) 14:46.
Jesus used the marks of his own suffering and the doubt of Thomas as an opportunity to provide a greater revelation––to the disciples and to the whole world–– of his power over sin and death. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “It is in the confrontation with evil, not just in the world but in ourselves, that we finally accept God’s acceptance of our unacceptability and discover the courage to affirm the faith which Thomas proclaimed, ‘My Lord and my God.’”

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April 14, 1985

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Ferree-Clark, Nancy

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Duke University. Chapel

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