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Recent messages are available for download at www.millschurch.org

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The Myth of Redemptive Violence: Giving Up Empire for Lent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myth of Redemptive Violence

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The Prophetic and Pastoral Voice: Giving Up Empire for Lent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Prophetic and Pastoral Voice

(Right click the above link and select to open in iTunes or download mp3 file to listen to the sermon audio from February 28th, 2016)

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Pax Americana or Pax Christi: Giving Up Empire for Lent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Right click the link below and select to open in iTunes or download mp3 file to your computer to listen to the sermon audio from February 21st, 2016)

Pax Americana or Pax Christi

Here are the pdf teaching slides from the morning.  Download slides: Pax Americana or Pax Christi

Two books used in this teaching in addition to those listed in your notes page:  Base Nation and Island of Shame both by David Vines

Here are links to graphs and stats used in the sermon.

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-us-military-spending-2015-2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/01/07/everything-chuck-hagel-needs-to-know-about-the-defense-budget-in-charts/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/09/this-remarkable-chart-shows-how-u-s-defense-spending-dwarfs-the-rest-of-the-world/

http://www.globalfirepower.com/navy-aircraft-carriers.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_by_country

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/world/middleeast/us-foreign-arms-sales-reach-66-3-billion-in-2011.html?_r=0

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/us-military-bases-around-the-world-119321

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-worldwide-network-of-us-military-bases/5564

http://www.corrections.com/news/article/31897-suicide-correctional-officers-cause-effect-of-workplace-stress

http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2016/fy2016_OM_Overview.pdf

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/ray-odierno-military-suicides_n_3984359.html

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/suicide-rate-active-duty-troops-48-higher-national-rate

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dustin-demoss/veteran-suicide-rate_b_6417182.html

http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/publication/post-2015-consensus-water-and-sanitation-assessment-hutton

The Bible and Empire: Giving Up Empire for Lent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Right click the link below and select to open in iTunes or download the mp3 file in order to listen to the sermon audio from February 14th, 2016)

The Bible and Empire

 

Recommended Reading:

Myth of a Christian Nation, Greg Boyd

Jesus for President, Shane Claiborne

Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Rob Bell & Don Golden

Everything Must Change, Brian McLaren

Faith in the Face of Empire, Mitri Raheb

Receiving: Epiphany February 7th, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Right click the link below and select to open in iTunes or download mp3 file in order to listen to the sermon audio from February 7th)

Receiving

Receiving Testimonies

Evolving: Season of Epiphany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Right click the link below and select to open in iTunes or download file to your computer to listen to the sermon audio from January 31st, 2016)

Download Evolving January 31 2016 (AAC audio)

 

Leaving: Season of Epiphany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaving

(Right click the above link and select to open in iTunes or download mp3 file to your computer to listen to the sermon audio from January 24th, 2016)

Seeking: Season of Epiphany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seeking

(Right click the above link and select to open in iTunes or download the mp3 file to listen to the sermon audio from January 17th, 2016)