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Full Text The Bible un-apologetically holds that God is Sovereign and that we are responsible. Paul hits that wall over and over in Romans 9 and 10. Romans 9 concludes that it is all in God’s election. Romans 10 says we better get busy spreading the word. I’d be lying if I thought there . . . → Read More: Have you heard the message?…What you going to do about it? Full Text The three texts for this week worked together almost seamlessly in my mind. There are always things that bother us – give us what I call the whys. And God is just not as interested in the whys as we are. Those whys are the crux of faith. Do we feel . . . → Read More: How did it come to this?….. This link is a great example. Richard Beck on golf, the sermon on the mount . . . → Read More: A great sports analogy to personal holiness (theme in this week’s sermon) Full Text The core metaphor of the gospel in the text for the day (Rom 8:12-17) was adoption. We have been adopted and made heirs of God. And that is important. We sang Children of the Heavenly Father as the opening and the hymns carried that message throughout the service. But, that doesn’t seem . . . → Read More: Witness of the Spirit From Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (via WSJ) Recognizing the cancerous effect of this corruption, voters of the first State, acting through referendum, enact several campaign finance measures previously approved by this Court. They cap campaign contributions; require disclosure of substantial donations; and create an optional public financing program that gives candidates a . . . → Read More: More on ‘not reading Romans 7′ Full Text I’ve done two things in this sermon that I don’t usually like doing. I’m not sure either of them really worked, but I had reasons for them. Also, the Thursday Bible study got a preview of this sermon subject. I’m pretty sure it played better there. I’m also pretty sure the . . . → Read More: The law in my members… Full Text Two choices with any Special Day sermons, preach the day or preach the text. Preaching the day is by far the more popular. People expect it. It is actually easier (maybe why it is more popular) – no translations to do, find some simple stories preferably cute about the people involved. . . . → Read More: Reformation Day Sermons  Comments are closed  Romans, Sermons, Word  absent god, gospel, kids, law, law and gospel, Luther, Reformation, revealed god, romans, sermons, Word Full Text This Sunday there were two things going on. In our community, we had a baptism. In the larger world – the disaster in Haiti. We might not link such things, but the biblical answer is actually very close. The Bible talks about Baptism as being a dying and a rising. . . . → Read More: Two things you might not associate… There are actually two background stories to this post. The original story is the Tiger Woods saga. No expansion necessary I presume. The secondary story is Brit Hume, the Fox News Analyst and former anchor. Mr. Hume had audacity to publicly practice Christian evangelism. Here is a great round-up of that . . . → Read More: Tiger, Tiger burning bright…the audacity of evangelism Text: Romans 10:1-13 The prayer book that I follow has the 2 year daily lectionary texts (OT, Epistle and Gospel) and it also includes a 4th readings from a wide variety of saints from accross time. The philosopher Pascal (Pascal’s wager, Pascal’s triangle) was the writer of today’s fourth reading. Pascal was for much of . . . → Read More: Knowledge and Love – Grace Alone |
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