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 you have seen . . . → Read More: Glory, Holiness, Duty and Other Archaic Concepts?
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 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 . . . → 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. But . . . → 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. Most my life I used . . . → 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 This story was the original. This is a letter to the WSJ concerning it. It is a great mutt & Jeff or odd couple story. A military chaplain who “preaches about divine protection…rejects evolution and believes the earth to be 6000 years old. He carries a large KJV bible with him into a combat zone…” . . . → Read More: A Chaplain and and Atheist go… Comments are closed cross, Culture, Meditation, Word chaplains, leadership, military, proof, resurection In writing sermons the cultural references are always tricky. You come embedded with your own, but you are hopefully preaching for an audience that spans WW2 vets (although fewer) to Dora the Explorer Birthday party people. Being attentive here means trying to work in different references and translating if possible (i.e. Capt. Reynolds from Firefly::Marshall . . . → Read More: Old as Dirt (or be sure to update you cultural markers…) That was of course Marshall McLuhan bemoaning the vast wasteland of TV. The more serious point is that particular mediums (TV, books, radio, talking, letters) are not just tubes to deliver something, but they mold or form the message itself. Books are solitary, serious and heavy. TV is fast and visual. i.e. you can’t capture . . . → Read More: The medium is the message Comments are closed Culture, Word Ben Myers, blogging, confession and absolution, life together, Repentance, theology A pastor always hesitates before he adds something like this. But this post by Gordon Atkinson (aka Real Live Preacher) has a lot of wisdom in it. Two virtues are at the root of it I think. A great humility and a sense of the corporate. American Christianity places a huge emphasis on the personal . . . → Read More: Some Hard Earned Wisdom 
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 . . . → Read More: God’s Word is ______ – the VBS Litergy |
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