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When God Walked Into the Room - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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When God Walked Into the Room

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During the first wave of COVID-19, Maria Gutierrez sat in a hospital parking lot in Houston, pressing her phone against her ear while a nurse...

This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 1:1-14.

During the first wave of COVID-19, Maria Gutierrez sat in a hospital parking lot in Houston, pressing her phone against her ear while a nurse held an iPad near her father's bed. She could see his face through the screen. She could whisper that she loved him. But she could not hold his hand. She could not let him feel the warmth of his daughter sitting beside him.…

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John 1:1-14 — Anglican (classic)

John 1:1-14 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 invites ordered love—right worship that spills into right living—today, not someday.

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John 1:1-14 — Eastern Orthodox (edgy)

John 1:1-14 11:1-13 confronts our distractions—without watchfulness, we lose our souls by inches—today, not someday.

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John 1:1-14 — Dispensational (classic)

John 1:1-14 Jeremiah 1:4-10, we read with watchfulness: God’s purposes advance toward a literal fulfillment—today, not someday.

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John 1:1-14 — Arminian/Wesleyan (pastoral)

John 1:1-14 1:1, 10-20 invites a next step: repentance today, obedience tomorrow, love always—today, not someday.

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