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Full Text of Sermon Text: Luke 12:49-53 One of the VBS kids said something profound in the way only children can. The second day’s bible point was: God’s Word is Comforting. In quizzing the kids the next day what that main point was, one stood up, emphatically waving his hand in the air saying I . . . → Read More: God’s Word is ______ – the VBS Litergy
Wondering what to do? . . . → Read More: 3 minutes that can frame your next step
Here is a fun site to check in on every once in a while. Three women with a bunch of kids. Our three are put to shame. The particular post is trying to think about where church ends and politics begins. That is where the title of this post comes from. . . . → Read More: Warning – This Man Has No Ecclesiology
VBS concluded this week. We had a great time and a great group of kids. He is a little of the week . . . → Read More: VBS
This link has a Sullivan reader giving his logic on why suffering should lead to atheism. Here is the simple Christian answer. We have done something terribly wrong and its fouled up this entire existence. To our relative way of thinking our petty sins aren’t that bad. But to the absolute standard of . . . → Read More: Suffering & A “Good” God
Took the kids (7,4) to the local summer youth presentation of Beauty and the Beast tonight. The kids performing did a great job. And I suppose it shouldn’t shock me, but it still does. How many people choose to live their life, to live the great moments of that life, behind a . . . → Read More: A Virtual Life
Reading: Isaiah 6:1-13 The Lutheran understanding of the calling of a minister is of a mediated divine call. Mediated means it comes through his people the church. Unlike say Paul, the disciples or Isaiah in this scene, God does not speak directly (unmediated) and call the minister. Nevertheless, that call is still divine. . . . → Read More: Wednesday – The content of a Call
Sorry about this. Somehow it got stuck in draft unpublished mode. The reading is Revelations 16:12-21. The sixth bowl dries us the river Euphrates and brings all kinds of plagues similar to those in Egypt. And the two beasts use them to call together an army. The entire scene invokes the OT . . . → Read More: Thursday – The 6th and Seventh Bowls – The Gospel as Sword
A couple of thoughts: 1) I think I’m getting too long in these posts. The meduim and the original intention was a quick hit. I’m going to try and shorten them. 2) I’m also going to tighten up the focus on one of the readings for the day. What that means . . . → Read More: Tuesday – The End of Acts – Paul at Rome
There is an intra -pastoral squabble about the “historic 1 yr lectionary” and the 3 yr lectionary. Our Chruch uses the 3 yr lectionary which focuses on a specific Gospel throughout the year. The 1 year leactionary covers more stories in one year, but doesn’t go as in depth into specific books. . . . → Read More: Intra-pastoral Squabble |
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