By Parson Brown, on 4:19 pm%
Text: Luke 2: 22-40
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I don’t know what to say about this one. Just looking at the word picture above in comparison to almost any of the other sermons shows something is different. And that something different could be a very bad thing. The job from that pulpit is point at Christ . . . → Read More: Sermon – Christmas changes things…
By Parson Brown, on 11:32 am%
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Christmas. One of the two days of the year that you have to have a good message. (The other is mother’s day by the way. On Easter you are preaching to the congregation anymore. On Christmas and mother’s day you still get a chance to preach to the unconverted.) On . . . → Read More: Christmas – We know incarnations when we see them…
By Parson Brown, on 11:05 am%
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In defining ourselves, there are some things that we choose poorly on. The magnificat or Mary’s song is one of those things that gets overlooked by Protestants because we have a problem with Mary. Not specifically with Mary, but with where certain groups in the Roman church have taken her. Going . . . → Read More: Sermon – A Lutheran Looks at Mary – Advent 4 (12/20/09)
By Parson Brown, on 3:55 pm%
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Text: Luke 7:18-28
The middle two weeks of advent are the weeks of John the Baptist. He’s a forgotten figure in modern Christianity. He doesn’t seem to have much meaning or purpose. We continue to read the stories of the patriarchs. We will talk about the OT prophets. We will . . . → Read More: What did you come to see? – Luke 7:18-28 – Advent 3