MGVH Tenure Induction

Mark G. Vitalis HoffmanLutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg

15 October 2008

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Some proclaim Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill… What does it matter? Just this, that Christ is proclaimed in every way, whether out of false motives or true; and in that I rejoice.

Philippians 1.15-18

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But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD:

I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts;

and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 31:33

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and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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