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Biblical Text of Sermon: Mark 1:21-28 So, if you are not from a pentecostal denomination, when was the last time you heard a sermon about powers and principalities or demonology? There is probably a good reason. Denominational pastors are by and large an educated lot (often over-educated) and talking about spiritual forces . . . → Read More: The Powers That Be A better example of preaching on the theology of the cross. And how dumb it makes you feel. And what of our long list of beliefs and the desire for certainty? When we let the mystery of evil open us more fully to the mystery of love, that need goes away. On this point, I am . . . → Read More: My Father’s World… Full Text It is probably unseemly for a minister to express too much pride, but this sermon works. The core meaning of the text is who is this Jesus – he is God’s son, he is the new Israel. The question is what does that mean for us? We could imagine a world where . . . → Read More: Identity Crisis My daughter’s violin school was invited to play with the RIT Orchestra in a Halloween concert today. It was of course very cute to see 30 costumed elementary students with violins playing ‘Go Tell Aunt Rhody’ backed by the RIT students. But that is not the real point. The conductor, a Dr. Michael Ruhling, gave a . . . → Read More: A phrase left hanging….  3 comments - (Comments are closed)  Culture, Revelation  evil, Halloween, last day, music, revelation, tribulation, victory The gospel text for the day was Mark 16:1-20 or the ending of the gospel. The non-scripture reading that was paired with it just bowled me over to the point that you wonder if it was just another “preacher story” – truthfully I would hope that it was a pious fiction, but sorrowfully knowing that . . . → Read More: Born in a grave… |
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