I’m a numbers guy. I hold firmly to the truth that if it isn’t measured it isn’t done, or said another way, the things you really care about, you attempt to track. The big problem with being a numbers guy is that the numbers never tell a full story, and they are often tracking . . . → Read More: Hymns we Sing #1
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Yesterday was our first real day of Sunday School for the year. Part of Sunday School this year is the awarding of story bibles to the kids in the congregation. Here is a picture of . . . → Read More: Sunday School and Awarding Bibles I can’t really recommend you read this. It has got to be the most cringe inducing thing I’ve read in a long time. Status obsessed, shallow, vain, conceited, silly…and still heartbreaking. But given all of that, it is a remarkable roadmap for how to kill your Faith or blaspheme the Holy Spirit. It is . . . → Read More: Its like watching a trainwreck, the horror doesn’t stop… Full Text Matt 2:13-23 This is an awful Christmas text. It is heart wrench and not at all in the saccharine mode of modern Christmas. In the words of Doctor Who – ‘its half-way through the dark.’ So far I’m finding Matthew tougher that either Luke or Mark to preach from. I think that is because . . . → Read More: The Holy Innocents You need to . . . → Read More: A beautiful and moving meditation Yesterday was Veteran’s Day or Armistice Day for those who like history. In prepping for Thursday’s bible class I has read this article. The author’s source – the Homeric Epics – is remote from most people. My attempt at a translation didn’t hit the mark yesterday, but I’ll use it here. If . . . → Read More: Glory, Holiness, Duty and Other Archaic Concepts?  Comments are closed  Meditation, Word  creed, duiy, glory, great reversal, Hannah, holiness, Mary, veterans day Full Text It is hard talking about this one. Because there is no real answer other than prayer, which I desperately beg of you to do. In that vein, this is Anselm of Canterbury which happened to be the prayer of the day in my prayerbook… Blessed Lord and Savior who has commanded us to love one another, . . . → Read More: Why Some not Others… Comments are closed Matthew, Sermons, Word All Saints, beatitudes, evangelism, friends, grace, Matthew, mission, prayer, salvation 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 Its a hobgoblin of mine, biblical translations. I can’t just let it go. I suppose it comes from when I started reading the scriptures. My confirmation was still done in KJV. (My brother two years later had the NIV). My first bible was actually a gold tone Good News Translation. . . . → Read More: Bibles everywhere, but no hearing of the Word This post by Fuller Seminary Professor Kirk brings up a topic dear to my heart – use of internet media in church environments. I’ve gone back and forth on this, recently deciding that it is more important to be true to the media even if people might misunderstand. Here is what I mean by that. . . . → Read More: Blogs, Advertising & The Word |
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