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deliver us who, our whole lives long, lay under the power of sin and its inevitable result, death. Praise to the One who was willing to share in our being in order to break our very own bondage.

After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer: O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves as he is pure, that, when he comes again with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Nicene Creed and Prayer

~ Presbyterian Church (USA). Book of Common Worship . Louisville, KY: Westminister/John Knox Press, 1993. p. 236.

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Scripture Memorization Review

Review with a partner, write out and/or recite the text for last class session’s assigned memory verse: Matthew 28.18-20.

U rban M i s s i on

Turn in your summary of the reading assignment for last week, that is, your brief response and explanation of the main points that the authors were seeking to make in the assigned reading (Reading Completion Sheet).

Assignments Due

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”Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?” One evening, a little child was looking at the local news with her folks. In listening to the reports, the station told the story of a young boy who was accidentally killed by a motorist who lost control of their car on the ice, striking the young person, who died from the injuries shortly after. Later that night, filled with curiosity and questions about the incident, the little girl asked her believing mother, “Mama, you remember the story we heard about earlier, the little boy hit and killed by the car? Why did that happen? Why do things like that happen to people, even to people who haven’t done anything wrong? Can’t God stop things like that from happening? Why do bad things happen to good people?” How would you answer this little girl’s question if you were her parent?

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