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Special thanks to Reverend James Douthwaite, Pastor at
St. Athanasius Lutheran Church in Vienna, VA, whose sermon by the same title is the basis for this sermon.
This sermon is a part of an Advent series by Reverend Douthwaite.
2
Special thanks to Reverend Steven H. Albers, whose sermon by the same title is the basis for this sermon.
Reverend Alber's sermon appears in
CPH's Concordia Pulpit Resources.
3
Special thanks to
Concordia Seminary/St. Louis, Missouri, whose class on Preaching in Post-Modern Times produced the Lenten Series "Life Together." The series was a class project compiled under the supervision and editing of Reverend Dr. Dale Meyer.
The sermon by the same title in that series formed the basis for this sermon.
