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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: A Life in Scorn of the Consequences | |
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| Picked from the Cotton Patch: Scripture Translations | |
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| The Idea Made Flesh: John 1:1-2, 4-5, 14 | |
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| "...and Laid Him in an Apple Box": Jesus' Doings (Luke) 2:1-40 | |
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| Dipped in the Chattahoochee: Jesus' Doings (Luke) 3:1-2; Matthew 3:1-13 | |
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| Spittin' Image of the Almighty: Jesus' Doings (Luke) 6:12-28, 35-38 | |
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| In a Nutshell: Matthew 7:12-28 | |
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| Bubbling Over with Spiritual Life: John 4:1-30 | |
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| "Pick Up Your Pallet and Start Walking": John 5:1-18 | |
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| "No Hillbilly Was Ever a Man of God": John 7:1-21, 32-38, 40-49, 52; 8:31-38, 47, 55-59 | |
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| A Gadfly and a Jitterbug: Jesus' Doings (Luke) 7:31-35 | |
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| "Isn't a Man Worth More Than a Sheep?": Matthew 12:9-21 | |
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| Five Boxes of Crackers and Two Cans of Sardines: Jesus' Doings (Luke) 9:1-17 | |
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| Gumming Up the Works: Matthew 16:13-26 | |
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| "Who Is My Neighbor?": Jesus' Doings (Luke) 10:25-37 | |
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| "Don't Let Us Get All Tangled Up": Jesus' Doings (Luke) 11:1-4 | |
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| Recline, Dine, Wine, and Shine: Jesus' Doings (Luke) 12:16-21 | |
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| A Pig through a Knothole: Matthew 19:16-30 | |
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| All Shook Up: Matthew 21:1-22 | |
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| Landscaped Slaughterhouses: Matthew 23:23-28 | |
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| Separating the Cows from the Hogs: Matthew 25:31-46 | |
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| The Shepherd Slugged: Matthew 26:30-41, 47-54, 57-59, 69-75; 27:1, 14, 27-31 | |
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| The Sun's Light Went Out: Jesus' Doings (Luke) 23:1-56 | |
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| A Big Commotion at the Vault: Matthew 28:1-20 | |
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| Bursting with Holy Spirit: Happenings (Acts) 2:1-24, 38-47 | |
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| A Change of Heart and a Way out of Sin: Happenings (Acts) 5:12-34, 38-42; 6:7 | |
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| A Flash from the Sky: Happenings (Acts) 9:1-25, 28-30 | |
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| Shaken to Liberation: Happenings (Acts) 16:16-34 | |
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| Some Very Strange Religion: Happenings (Acts) 17:13-22, 29-32; 19:11 | |
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| Prepared to Die: Happenings (Acts) 21:7-15, 18-21, 29-40; 22:1-6, 17-18, 21-24; 23:12 | |
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| A Love Transfusion: The Letter to the Christians in Washington (Romans) 5:1-11 | |
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| God Is Rootin' for Us: The Letter to the Christians in Washington (Romans) 8:18-39 | |
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| The Junkpile Vase: The Letter to the Christians in Washington (Romans) 9:16-33 | |
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| A Living Sacrifice: The Letter to the Christians in Washington (Romans) 12:1-21 | |
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| Proclaiming a Lynched Christ: A Letter to the Christians in Atlanta (1 Corinthians) 1:18-31 | |
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| Love Never Quits: A Letter to the Christians in Atlanta (1 Corinthians) 13:1-8, 13 | |
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| Life after Death: A Letter to the Christians in Atlanta (1 Corinthians) 15:12-15, 30-34 | |
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| Priceless Knowledge in Clay Pots: The Second Letter to the Atlanta Christians (2 Corinthians) 2:12-17; 4:1, 6-18; 5:13-6:13 | |
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| Score of Suffering: The Second Letter to the Atlanta Christians (2 Corinthians) 10:1-6; 11:23-33 | |
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| Sit at the Freedom Table: The Letter to the Churches of the Georgia Convention (Galatians) 3:23-28; 5:1-2, 13-14 | |
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| One New Body: The Letter to the Christians in Birmingham (Ephesians) 2:11-16; 3:14-21 | |
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| God's Invitation to the High Road: The Letter to the Alabaster African Church, Smithville, Alabama (Philippians) 2:1-11; 3:4-16 | |
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| A Perfect Photo of the Unseen God: The Letter to the Christians in Columbus (Colossians) 1:9-20; 2:6-7 | |
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| Happily Ever After: The First Letter to the Selma Christians (1 Thessalonians) 4:13-17; 5:23-24 | |
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| Head over Heels into a Bear Trap: The First Letter to Timothy 6:3-16 | |
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| The Trophy of Right Living: The Second Letter to Timothy 4:1-8 | |
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| A New Lease on Life: Titus 2:11-15 | |
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| Living by the Unseen: The Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16; 11:1-3, 8, 11-12, 29-30, 39; 12:1-4 | |
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| Belief Backed by Deeds: The Letter of James 1:17-2:9, 14-15; 5:1-8 | |
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| God's Spirit Roosting in Your Heart: 1 Rock (Peter) 1:1-5; 2:8-10; 4:7-14 | |
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| No Duds or Washouts: 2 Rock (Peter) 1:4-11 | |
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| The Sermon on the Mount: Platform of the God Movement | |
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| The Sermon on the Mount | |
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| A More Excellent Way | |
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| The Beatitudes: Stairway to the Spiritual Life | |
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| The Light of the World | |
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| Love Your Enemies | |
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| The Measure of a Treasure | |
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| Judge Not | |
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| The Narrow Way | |
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| The Substance of Faith: Sermons | |
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| Incarnation | |
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| The Substance of Faith | |
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| Adventures in the Fiery Furnace | |
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| The Mind of Christ in the Racial Conflict | |
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| Draft the Boys at Sixty-five | |
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| The Power of Parables | |
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| Taking the Name in Vain | |
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| The Rocks Take Up the Song | |
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| A Spirit of Partnership | |