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Sermon Text: Mark 11:1-10, Isa 64:1,8 It was the start of advent. The start of the season of preparing the way. With the start of a new church year we also change the gospel that we are reading. We are now reading from Mark in worship. So this sermon in . . . → Read More: Preparing the Way Sermon Texts: Isaiah 45:1-7 and Matthew 22:15-22 First, I love it when the Children’s Choir signs. You can hear them on the Podcast well directed and taught by Mrs. Kristin Bayer who is a wonderful sax player and teacher. (I hope she doesn’t mind the plug.) The simplicity of the songs . . . → Read More: Say you want a revolution… Text: Isa 9:2-7, John 1:1-14 Christmas Eve Midnight Full Text I’ve heard it from at least two preachers who I really admire for their wisdom and their craft that “all good sermons are first preached at the preacher.” The main point is that if the preacher himself doesn’t need it or resonate with the message he is delivering it probably can’t be a good . . . → Read More: Sermon – Sept 6, 2008 – “In my flesh, I will see God” Full Text The OT text for the day was Isaiah 6:1-8 but I lengthened it to Isaiah 6:1-13. Anything less felt like taking stuff out of context. When you read the rest of that passage the first reaction is, “How did that get in there?” But without the rest you don’t get the gospel. Without . . . → Read More: Trinity Sunday – “Here I Am, Send me”  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  cross, glory, grace, Isaiah, Sermons  Israel, mission, tough texts I’ve got it in the blog-roll on the right – a web site dedicated to a critical look of media coverage of religion called Get Religion. One of the contributors, a long time major newpaper religion beat writer, talks about the blind spot or the religious/theological ghosts in news stories. Reporters who don’t “get . . . → Read More: Theological Ghosts & The Year of Jubilee Readings: Isaiah 63:1-5 and John 5:1-15 That title phrase is a deft expression a seminary prof passed along. Who it originated with is lost in time. The object is God. We know precious little about God, but what little we know about God is precious. The only way we know anything about God . . . → Read More: We know precious little, but what little is precious In the modern world Christians who are looking forward to a coming King have a problem. Christopher Hitchens goes right at that problem. The idea of a King is oppressive in a world of democracies. Somewhat surprisingly the answer is part affirmation of what Hitchens says – a Holy King is a scary dictator. . . . → Read More: Advent Mid-week Sermon – The Problems of a King Reading: Isaiah 5:8-17 The above picture is one I’ve seen in other contexts as well. What appears to be every house on the block on in a neighborhood for sale. Having a house for sale currently, and reading this passage from Isaiah is interesting. In its context in ancient Israel after the conquest the . . . → Read More: Tuesday – Adding field to field Reading: Isaiah 3 Reading the OT can be very tricky, and this passage might be one of the trickiest of all. In the OT Isreal – the nation and the church – were the same thing. The people of Israel represented by the monarchy and the priests were the people of God. After Jesus, . . . → Read More: Society, the Church and Exile |
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