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Part #1 This is on chapter 3 of Ann Voskamp’s book. This chapter is the real soul of the book. This is also what the American church is really bad at. We might get to “saved”, but we don’t get to disciple. How do we live Eucharisteo is the question. The old theological word is . . . → Read More: Saturday Book – One Thousand Gifts – Part 4 This morning we took psalm 51 as our text. We know the famous portions – restore unto me the joy of your salvation – but the last four verses spoke a couple of points to me. Psalm 51: 16-19
Full Text Luke 14:1 – 17:10 in my reading is one long extended teaching on being a disciple. The text for this sermon is the summary or conclusion of that section. I drew that boundary because in Luke 17:11 Jesus is no longer ping-ponging back and forth between disciples and Pharisees, but he . . . → Read More: The Disciple’s Life of Repentance  Comments are closed  cross, grace, Luke, Repentance, Sermons  discipleship, freedom of the gospel, gospel, grace, law, Luke, Repentance, sin Full Text I’ll just say I hated the text this week. It was harsh and rough, and I couldn’t escape it. Everything I read to prepare for preaching just lead deeper into the heart of repentance. Everything lead to heart rending stories. A better preacher would have been more winsome. Me, . . . → Read More: Deep Lent One comment - (Comments are closed) Lent, Luke, Repentance, Sermons China, Ezekiel, Haiti, Lent, Repentance Full Text 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 give . . . → Read More: What did you come to see? – Luke 7:18-28 – Advent 3 Text: Luke 17:20-37 (cross reference Hebrews 6:1-3) In our Sunday study we’ve been looking at Hebrews and the above link ties into what must have been the outline of the basic catechism or teaching: repentance, faith, baptism, laying on of hands (ministry/healing), resurrection and judgement. I’ve been thinking about that list and the current state . . . → Read More: The Day of the Son of Man Text: Deuteronomy 4:25-31 Dangerous territory the later days. Especially when you ponder the Jewish people. Over and over again in history Christians have looked for the wholesale “return” of the Jews to belief. It is one of those thoughts that is just too tantalizing. And when it doesn’t happen in a person’s lifetime . . . → Read More: In later days you will return… One comment - (Comments are closed) Meditation, Repentance Deuteronomy, Israel, mercy, Moses, redemption, return Text: Hebrews 6:1-12 Hebrews is not a book for the lighthearted or the new Christian. Its argument is the centrality and sufficiency of Jesus Christ and it assumes a large background of knowledge about the OT and How God interacted with his people. The ultimate purpose as I’ve read it is to argue apathetic or . . . → Read More: The edge of the cliff 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Hebrews, Meditation, Repentance, Spirit, Witness Apostasy, Christian Life, Holy Spirit Daniel 5:1-12 (The setup) The title of this post is a phrase you hear in English, often shortened to the writing’s on the wall as in the writing’s on the wall for Chrysler and GM. The implication is that the end is near and that it is obvious for everyone but those very . . . → Read More: The Handwriting on the Wall – Chrysler and GM and Us Full Text Text: Mark 14:32-42 Two poles – 1) It’s about Jesus and 2) He’s got a mission. That has been the core summary of this series through Holy Week in Mark’s Gospel. Our spiritual adversary tries to push us off that second pole. The last thing he wants is faithful Christians actually sharing the . . . → Read More: Don’t look inward, look outward for our salvation and our mission |
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