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I don’t know if anyone watches Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Yes, I’m a geek, but it is a great show. It is spot on in touching many of the breakpoints of contemporary society – alienation, technology, parenting, purpose – with some theological insight. If you remember the movies, the show at least . . . → Read More: The Terminator and a Significant Question
Stewardship sunday is always a tough one. One of the toughest things is that the minister is asking for support which in a small congregation often primarily goes to his salary. (Many people/minister might disagree with that statement, but practically they are fooling themselves. Stewardship is almost always heard as a gage . . . → Read More: Sermon – 2 Cor 9:7 – Stewardship Sunday
Reading James 4:13-5:6 That chart is the DJIA for the past two years. It reached an all time high on 10/9/07 at 14,164. Yesterday it closed at 7,997, a drop of 43.5% in just over 1 year. James writes about the merchant who says lets go to some town and spend a year . . . → Read More: Thursday – We do it to ourselves
Reading: James 3:13-4:12 There is a Jewish tradition that lines up the first 5 commandments with the second 5 commandments. It essentially says that trouble in keeping the 1st commandment leads to sin in the sixth. When you stray from GOD you stray from your husband/wife. That theme actually gets played out explicitly . . . → Read More: Wednesday – The Law at work in our bodies
A couple of great short posts if you are interested in this stuff. Here is the interview from 2004. And here is Ross Douthat’s post. The money quote from the interview is this, FALSANI: (He laughs nervously) OBAMA: Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he’s also a bridge between God and man, . . . → Read More: Theology, Culture and the President-Elect
Reading: James 3:1-12 James was not a book loved by Luther. He called it an epistle of straw. In Luther’s context that was probably a good call. God’s people did not need to hear James as loudly as they needed to hear Paul. Today though, almost 500 years after the reformation, James . . . → Read More: Tuesday – The Great Relearning
There is a saying that I picked up from a couple of sources – the sermon is first preached at the preacher. If it is to be effective, it has to move preacher’s heart and mind. My study this week did that to me. I hope a little of that made it . . . → Read More: Sermon – Matt 25:14-30 – Risk in Faith
Sorry to anyone who has been following the study on this site. It was a very eventful week in the real world as opposed to the cyber world. The biggest item was a special service. St. Mark’s style is largely small village traditional mixed with the Lutheran Tradition. In fits an spurts over . . . → Read More: Lite posting this past week/Contemporary Service
Readings: Rev 18:15-24, Rev 19:1-20, Joel 1:1-12, Joel 1:13-20, Joel 2:3-11 The daly readings that I’ve been using interestingly don’t take us through the end of Revelation. But it picks an interesting place to stop – the victory of the Lord. The Harlot – false religion – has been thrown down. All heaven, . . . → Read More: Tuesday – End of Revelation; Quick read of Joel
I have a feeling this sermon might have been like the hymns we sang in the service. I enjoyed them, but it was a guilty pleasure picking some of them. In the same way I liked this sermon. I felt really good about it before giving it. I still think there . . . → Read More: Sermon – Matt 25:1-13 – Silly Girls |
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