Oct 9th was my brother’s birthday. It’s actually been two years since he passed away. The actual date of his death is never the one that hits me. It’s the birthday. I think I remember more picking up the phone that first Oct 9th and dialing his number to wish him happy . . . → Read More: A Remembrance
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First some pictures… #gallery-1 { Here is the Spotlight Drama CD as a zip file. Just download and extract to disk to see the story we built this week. (Warning! This is a large file. It could take 20 mins to download. . . . → Read More: VBS Ending Full Text Text: Ephesians 1:3-14 Being a Protestant and being a Lutheran Protestant basically means I’m a follower of Christ with Pauline eyes. Most Lutheran ministers would probably point at Romans as there “go to” text. When I collapse back to basics, I go to Ephesians. (I know, all you higher critics laughing about the . . . → Read More: What you find in a run on sentence… Full Text One little bit of widsom that stuck in my head is a maxim “preach Jesus – he’s preachable”. Its a pithy phrase that sums up Luke 24:27 and elsewhere. That phrase is easiest when you are talking about Jesus’ works and deeds, or when you are talking about the divine nature of Christ. . . . → Read More: Sermon – “God does not pass by…” – Mark 6:45-56 Text: Hebrews 4:12-13 We are studying the book of Hebrews for about 6 weeks on Sundays. Last Sunday we read Hebrews 3:1 – 4:13 which is one sermon or section of the book. The theological start by the writer of Hebrews was an assertion of the superiority of Jesus as the son and heir compared . . . → Read More: A question I left with the Sunday Bible Class Full Text On reflection this might have been a better sermon for Trinity Sunday, but the text was John 15:25-26 and John 16:4-15 and that came up on Pentecost. The core statement is that we moderns just don’t biblically undertand the Spirit or the personhood of God. We push Father, Son and Spirit together into . . . → Read More: Pentecost Sermon – “The Half-Known God” 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 Text: Jeremiah 22:13-23 The Spirit of God is often pictured as the Wind. We do not see the wind itself, but we see its effects. The frightening thing about that what happens when we lose the ability to recognize the true prophetic Word from the wind itself? Martin Luther worried about such a happening. . . . → Read More: Shepherded by the Wind |
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