All posts by Candace Chellew

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To Divinity and Beyond! Wisdom

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter: You show me the path of life. (Psalm 16) I will not believe. (John 20:19-29) Hold fast to what is good. (1 Thessalonians: 5:15-24) Peter Kenneth Frampton was born in England in 1950. He

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Our Hearts Do Not Condemn Us

Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our

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The Bible Is No Defense for Violence

John Joe Thomas, the 28-year-old man accused of “stoning” to death 70 year old Murray Seidman in Pennsylvania in March 2011, claims he was simply following the Bible’s directions to kill “homosexuals” after he said Seidman made a sexual advance toward him. As a pastor

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In Your Dreams! Impossible Dreams

Preached March 13, 2011 at Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Second Sunday in Lent: I will bless you… (Genesis 12:1-4) Love your enemies… (Matthew 5:38-48) Singer Carrie Underwood won the fourth season of American Idol back in 2005. Since then her career has

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To Divinity and Beyond! Freedom

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fifth Sunday in Lent: Can these bones live? (Ezekiel 37:1-14) Unbind him and let him go. (John 11:17-45) You are in the Spirit. (Romans 8:6-11) We begin tonight with a traditional African-American spiritual that you may know. Dem

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To Divinity and Beyond! Peace

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the First Sunday in Lent: Peace be within you! (Psalm 122) Away with you, Satan! (Matthew 4:1-11) Tonight’s first song comes from the sixth album released by singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. “Peace Be Upon Us” appeared on her 2008 album

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You Are My God

But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love. Do not let

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In Your Dreams! Nightmares

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Eighth Sunday after Epiphany:  I will not forget you. (Isaiah 49:8-16) Do not be anxious about your life… (Matthew 6:24-34) Joseph Fidler Walsh was born in 1947 in Wichita, Kansas. During his career Joe Walsh played in several

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In Your Dreams! Waking Up

Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Light rises in the darkness… (Psalm 112:4-9) You are the light of the world. (Matthew 5:13-16) Our first song tonight comes from the Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Van the Man began