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Full Text One little bit of widsom that stuck in my head is a maxim “preach Jesus – he’s preachable”. Its a pithy phrase that sums up Luke 24:27 and elsewhere. That phrase is easiest when you are talking about Jesus’ works and deeds, or when you are talking about the divine nature of . . . → Read More: Sermon – “God does not pass by…” – Mark 6:45-56
Text: Luke 23:26-31 I’m taking a break from 1 Samuel because of the Gospel text of the day. This text to me has always been one of the scariest in all of scripture. To who is this warning given? Most commentators take it only as specifically to Jerusalem and warning once again of . . . → Read More: The trouble with prophecy
Text: 1 Sam 13:5-18 Being king is a big job. Saul just never seemed up to the task. His dad, a wealthy land owner, had tasked him with the donkeys and apparently wasn’t too concerned if he went missing for quite a few days. At his corronation they have to dig him out . . . → Read More: A question of authority – 1 Sam 13:5-18
Full Text The feeding of the 5000 is the only story in all 4 gospels. Why? In Mark it seems to be the climax of a series of miracles, although it might appear to be an anti-climax to the raising of Jairus’ daughter. What does it tell us. Simply that God provides. . . . → Read More: “Providence…” Sermon on Mark 6:30-44
Texts: 1Samuel 4:1-11, 1Samuel 5:1-12, 1Samuel 6:1-16 The three text sections above carry the full tale of the Ark. The Israelites under old Eli have gone to war with the Philisitnes and were being slaughtered, so they think “let’s bring the Ark out with us!” This of course is the Indiana Jones Ark, along . . . → Read More: Adventures with the Ark
Full Text The word Justice can bring forth two completely different responses. It can bring a law response. That repsonse ranges from the “I’ll get you” attitude of Herodias to the “what must I do to be saved” response. Either you accept the law proclamation’s validity and need to repent, or you deny . . . → Read More: Sermon – “A King whose rule is justice…” – Mark 6:14-29
Text:1 Samuel 3:1-21 It is hard to really get a grip on poor old Eli. I guess the picture is just of a weak man in an office much bigger than he was. His kids ignore him and do despicable things. He assumes that drunk people normally stagger into the Tabernacle (Samuel’s mom), . . . → Read More: Samuel and Eli – And the LORD appeared again…
Text: 1 Samuel 2:12-26 I got a kick when the phrase “…before I go Old Testament on you…” entered into the vocabulary of every 6th grader. (If I remember right it was from Pulp Fiction which I can’t explain why 6th graders would be watching that movie.) The phrase actually captures some of the . . . → Read More: Growing up Old Testament
Text: Luke 20:19-26 The last thing that I’d want to do is wade into a political mine field, but the text before me today contains the famous reply of Jesus, “Give to Ceasar what is Ceasar’s, and to God, what is God’s.” It is a reply that asks us at a fundamental level to examine . . . → Read More: Life Priorities . . . → Read More: Sermon – Mark 6:1-13 – “Scandalized by the form…” |
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