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Biblical Text of Sermon: Mark 1:21-28 So, if you are not from a pentecostal denomination, when was the last time you heard a sermon about powers and principalities or demonology? There is probably a good reason. Denominational pastors are by and large an educated lot (often over-educated) and talking about spiritual forces . . . → Read More: The Powers That Be I’m not exactly sure how we got on the subject. I think we were trying to get the idea of working across to the Kindergarten son in the vain hope of picking up his room. 6 yr old – “Where does the money come from?” Pointed out by Prof. Tyler Cowen… The U.S. median wage for 2010 was $26,363. That is the tip of the spear of American social problems. And I’d say at its . . . → Read More: Paragraph to Ponder Here is the Supreme Court Ruling (unanimous, 3 differing opinions) in favor of Hosanna-Tabor LCMS vs. EEOC representing a teacher. Seeing that the LCMS general counsel represented Hosanna-Tabor, I’m guess they would largely agree with this that this represents a great victory. And I don’t disagree that religious liberty is an important thing. . . . → Read More: A Supreme Court Decision – I guess a victory of sorts This was the Google Icon this morning. It is sometimes interesting who they pick, but today’s was fascinating. Here is the Wikipedia entry for Nicolas Steno. Here is the Catholic Encyclopedia Entry. What a fascinating life. Lutheran, World Class Scientist, Convert, Priest, Bishop, Pious Ascetic, Missionary, Tragic Death. This quote found in . . . → Read More: Google Serendipity In David Brook’s column an interesting wrap-up. Liberalism has not expanded because it has not had a Martin Luther, a leader committed to stripping away the corruptions, complexities and indulgences that have grown up over the years. If you’ll forgive some outside advice, President Obama might consider running for re-election as Luther. It’s not enough to pick a . . . → Read More: Martin Luther Sightings My family is in mourning today. The Steelers lost. In a Steelers household that just means you remove the gold. (Which was already gone from buying all the black and gold crap…) Now for a little confession. You can’t help but love the way Tebow plays the game. Man, you’d love to . . . → Read More: Thoughts on last night’s game Sermon Text: Luke 2:21 and Church Calendar festival The Circumcision and Naming of Jesus There were a bunch of things that were not functioning fully this past week. This post is for completeness. If there is one thing that I wish as a preacher I could ensure that people get is that the life . . . → Read More: Getting Caught Up – A Very Real Event This year the Gospel of Mark forms the core of the lectionary. That gospel is one that comes out of the desert. A voice is heard in the desert. A baptist appears there. All the countryside goes out there. And Jesus is driven there by the Spirit no less. All . . . → Read More: Deserts, knowledge and Truth I’m always hesitant to post something outright political, but this is fascinating. Daily Beast has compiled every candidate’s (including Obama) top 5 contributors and the amount. For the most part they are corporations. And while I’m sure quid pro quo could be lurking under some of it, my guess is more that a candidate’s voting . . . → Read More: Interesting Political Factoid |
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