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    The Overturning of Roe v. Wade
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jun 29

    The Overturning of Roe v. Wade

    A few days ago, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, which removes federal protection of women who seek...
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    Searching for Peace on Palm Sunday
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Apr 5

    Searching for Peace on Palm Sunday

    Most of us are familiar with the story of Palm Sunday, the day that Jesus rides in on a colt or a donkey into the city of Jerusalem just...
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    Exodus 29:38-45 I Will Be Their God: Dwell Among Them
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jul 29, 2021

    Exodus 29:38-45 I Will Be Their God: Dwell Among Them

    38 Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old regularly each day. 39 One lamb you shall offer in the morning,...
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    Genesis 45:1-15 - Joseph and Forgiveness
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jul 24, 2021

    Genesis 45:1-15 - Joseph and Forgiveness

    45 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me.” So, no...
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    Genesis 13:8-12,14-18 God's Promise to Abram
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jul 8, 2021

    Genesis 13:8-12,14-18 God's Promise to Abram

    8 Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herders and my herders; for we are kindred. 9 Is...
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    Genesis 11:1-9, Separation and Scattering
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jul 1, 2021

    Genesis 11:1-9, Separation and Scattering

    11 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of...
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    Genesis 6:1-4, Separation of Spirit
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jun 25, 2021

    Genesis 6:1-4, Separation of Spirit

    6 When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that they were fair;...
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    Genesis 17:1-22 - Separation and Commitment
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jun 18, 2021

    Genesis 17:1-22 - Separation and Commitment

    17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be...
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    Genesis 1-2 In the Beginning, Separation
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jun 14, 2021

    Genesis 1-2 In the Beginning, Separation

    The Book of Genesis provides us with a variety of wonderful stories regarding the foundation of the world and of the people who will...
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    Joshua 2:1-7 Use What God Gives You
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • May 21, 2021

    Joshua 2:1-7 Use What God Gives You

    2 Then Joshua, son of Nun, sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So, they went...
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    2 Samuel 13:16, 20b: Tamar and Tarana Burke
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • May 13, 2021

    2 Samuel 13:16, 20b: Tamar and Tarana Burke

    2 Samuel 13:16, 20b “No!” she said to him. “Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.” (b) And...
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    To Be Seen, Known, and Valued
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • May 7, 2021

    To Be Seen, Known, and Valued

    “Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued—when they can give and receive without...
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    Final Thoughts on Atonement
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • May 1, 2021

    Final Thoughts on Atonement

    Some of you are aware that I have been taking a class for Continuing Education Units, those professional development hours that a lot of...
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    Matthew 23:1-12
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Apr 19, 2021

    Matthew 23:1-12

    23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3 therefore, do whatever they...
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    Matthew 12:17-21, We Need a Victory
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Apr 16, 2021

    Matthew 12:17-21, We Need a Victory

    "This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my...
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    Isaiah 1:11-17 - Sacrifices, No; Compassion, Yes!                       "Ransom Theory of Atonement"
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Apr 9, 2021

    Isaiah 1:11-17 - Sacrifices, No; Compassion, Yes! "Ransom Theory of Atonement"

    “What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?” says the Lord; “I have had enough of burnt offering of rams and the fat of fed beasts;...
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    Mark 16:1-8 The Women at the Tomb
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Apr 5, 2021

    Mark 16:1-8 The Women at the Tomb

    16 When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint...
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    Mark 11:1-10 Jesus' "Triumphal" Entry
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Mar 27, 2021

    Mark 11:1-10 Jesus' "Triumphal" Entry

    When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them,...
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    Mark 14:3-9 - Will You Let Me be Your Servant
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Mar 17, 2021

    Mark 14:3-9 - Will You Let Me be Your Servant

    Mark 14:3-9 – Will You Let Me be Your Servant? 3 While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman...
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    Mark 12:1-12 - How Entitled Are We?
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Mar 11, 2021

    Mark 12:1-12 - How Entitled Are We?

    12 Then he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built...
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    Mark 11:27-33 "We Do Not Know"
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Mar 2, 2021

    Mark 11:27-33 "We Do Not Know"

    27 Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him 28 and said,...
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    Mark 11:15-18 - Inclusion
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Feb 21, 2021

    Mark 11:15-18 - Inclusion

    15 Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the...
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    Mark 10:17-22 - What Binds Us?
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Feb 17, 2021

    Mark 10:17-22 - What Binds Us?

    17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal...
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    Mark 9:2-8: Mountaintop Experience
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Feb 12, 2021

    Mark 9:2-8: Mountaintop Experience

    2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured...
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    Malachi 3:1-5: Refiner's Fire
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Feb 2, 2021

    Malachi 3:1-5: Refiner's Fire

    Malachi 3:1-5 (The Inclusive Bible) 1 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will...
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    Mark 1:21-28
    Rev. Izzy Harbin
    • Jan 25, 2021

    Mark 1:21-28

    They (Simon, Andrew, James, John, and Jesus) go into Capernaum. On the Sabbath, they enter the Synagogue. Jesus was teaching and they...
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