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Youre on Fire

“You’re on Fire!” The Rev. Zachary S. Sasser Chester Presbyterian Church Day of Pentecost, Year B Confirmation Sunday June 4, 2006 Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Acts 2:1-21 Sermon Text: Coming up with a sermon title is always an interesting task for me, especially since I usually have to submit a title before I actually write the sermon.  I do, of course do a preliminary study of the text, but there are some weird societal expectations that often come to bear.  I tend to feel like a sermon title should be some combination of a sticking point to take home with you and mull over and an advertising slogan that makes a person want to figure out what you are talking about.  My hope is that you will not soon forget today’s title or the gospel it proclaims, as it has special significance to me. “You’re on fire!” came from a restaurant I used to work in.  Every server (which is what I did there, I was a waiter) had a station of three or four tables that he or she was primarily responsible for, bu