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Sermon: Diaper Power
In this short clip from Greg Boyd’s Sermon Diaper Power, he introduces the theme of the sermon where talks about how the poverty of the manger exemplified the power of God. In this sermon, Greg shows that God really is like the baby swaddled in clothes in the manger. The kind of power that God exhibits is foolish to this world, but it shows the type of God that we can follow with all our heart.
Category: General
Tags: Christianity, Christmas, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Greg Boyd, Jesus, ReKnew, Sermons, Theology, Woodland Hills Church
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