Each Sunday morning during this fun series, we will explore how a scene from Harry Potter can illustrate a crucial scriptural principle, and so help us to learn more about God, faith, and living life well. Our goal is that you will leave both encouraged and challenged!

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DATE PODCAST TOPICS SCRIPTURES
May 12
Mother’s Day 		Lily Potter, Aunt Petunia, and Mrs Weasley Raising our kids,   Encountering Courage, loyal Friendship, and Self-Sacrificial Love.  John 15:12-13, 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Proverbs 21:21, Proverbs 31:25-30 
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May 19 Mud bloods, Muggles, and Me Why is the world the way it is ?  If God is real, why do the wicked prosper while the righteous suffer ?  Why is it full of Bigotry and Racism ? Jeremiah 12:1-2, Galatians 3:26-29, Mark 8:36, Proverbs 19:1,22, James 2:2-9
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May 26 How to deal with Dementors, and a woman named Dolores Umbridge Dealing with difficult people. Dealing with depression and difficult emotions. How the horrors of history can begin with Self-righteous, judgmental rule following and a corrupt press. Matthew 7:15-20, Ephesians 6:11-18, Philippians 4:8-9, Ecclesiastes 2:17-25, Galatians 5:14
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June 2 Facing Albus Dumbledore and the Sorting Hat Do our choices matter?  Do you believe in fate ?  Do we really have free will, or is everything already determined?  What is God really like and why does he seem so arbitrary? Ephesians 1:11, Joshua 24:15, Philippians 2:12-13, Genesis 2:16-17, Deuteronomy 30:19-20
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June 9 Platform 9 3/4 How do Reason, Faith, and the unseen world go together?  The adventure of the existential leap and the experience of Baptism Matt 13:15, John 14:1-6, Hebrews11:1, Mark 16:16
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June 16 The gospel according to Severus Snape Jesus without makeup
How much do I actually know about who he really was, is, and will be? 		Matthew 15:21-28, Isaiah 53:2-3, Matthew 9:33-36, Matthew 26:66-68
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June 23 Hagrid’s Remorse and Percy Weasley’s Return How temptations work.  The world of difference between Penitence vs Repentance.  How to become the Prodigal Son James 1:13-21, Luke 15:11-24, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Ephesians 2:8-9
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June 30 Do you want Horcruxes or King’s Cross Station?   Immortality vs Resurrection, What happens when we die ?  What did Jesus accomplish? Mark 8:36, Psalm 103:15-16, Hebrews 9:27-28, 1 Corinthians 15:1 3-14
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Easter Morning – I think this letter is for you…Does it ever feel like the universe is trying to get a message through to you ? What if God is trying to get your attention ?

What is this all about ?