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Three impulses are shaping this message.

One is that we're in the middle of a series on the Apostles' Creed, and I had in my mind ever

since the beginning of the semester to speak into that.

Second, eight weeks ago I finished the first draft of a book on

the nature of saving faith, subtitle, Reflections on Receiving Christ

as a Treasure.

And I wanted to give you the overflow of fresh thoughts on that. And third, we are hours away from

finding out who was elected the president of the United States,

an election that has put significant stress

on the bond of peace that holds Christian brothers and sisters together in love and I thought

it would be good to say something about that.

So those are the three impulses that are shaping this message.

Is it possible to build a coherent message around those three things based on the word of God.

So you judge.

I'll pray. Father, as I held my hands out and said, you give and take away, I could not, but think of Tim Challey's right now,

who Tim Challey's right now, who's son, the age of these students at Boys College, just died yesterday. Out of the blue, no explanation.

We've tasted that here at Bethlehem.

And since there's so many students here,

and we live in such a fragile time,

this emotionally touches all of us

because we love Tim Cell Challeys and we want to

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