I have a big thank you to send to the parents of St. Mark. By a blessed miracle they were all in town and agreed to do the children’s service on Christmas day. The picture above is the “stars”: Mary, Joseph, Shepherd and Angel, preparing before the service. We also had a . . . → Read More: Christmas Day – Children’s Pagent
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The Angelic Pronouncement This is a link to post #1 in this series. The texts we will discuss below: Matt 25:14-30 and Luke 19:12-27 I wanted to look at the parables of the talents in regards to stewardship first, and I put them both on, because I think they help each other. The Matthew form is probably the most familiar. . . . → Read More: Stewardship 2: The Importance and Return to Faithfulness One of the planks of our vision statement says that we grow and engage the faith. The church has many euphemisms. It also has many fine words. Too often what I have found is that fine words also have euphemistic meanings. And the church has worked to promote the euphemism because . . . → Read More: Stewardship 1: The messy side of the gospel Full Text Text: Luke 23:27-43 Christ the King is the last Sunday of the church year. This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent or the church’s new year. The emphasis of Christ the King is the pretty simple – the ascended Christ is Lord of All – hidden now, revealed at times, revealed for . . . → Read More: Christ the King – one rule, not multiple  Comments are closed  Luke, Sermons  Christ the King, coronation, Harry Potter, holidays humanity, King, Luke, money, stewardship, thanksgiving, Voldemort Full Text Text: Luke 21:5-28 Talking about end times or eschatology always inspires lots of speculation. But that is exactly what Jesus says don’t do. The false prophets claim “I am he” or “the time is near”. Pop Christianity waits for a rapture, which is flatly against Jesus’ teaching. The troubles that come on . . . → Read More: Its the end of the World as we know it… Comments are closed Luke Christian freedom, comfort, dispensationalism, end times, eschatology, Luke, sermon Full Text Text: Luke 18:1-17 Most things have a normal curve outcome – i.e. lots of “c’s”, a few “A’s” and a few failures. As I was writing and practicing delivery, I knew this sermon was inverted – all or nothing. Here is why it could strike out: 1) reference to child sexual abuse, 2) talking about how . . . → Read More: The Gospel according to Private Ryan Comments are closed Luke, Sermons absolution, cheap grace, grace, holiness, Kingdom of God, Luke, Private Ryan, sermons Full Text Text: Luke 17:10-19 We are on the three year lectionary. What that means is that the scripture texts we read each week are on a three year cycle. What the three year cycle does really well is allow you as a congregation to read through entire books. There are other lectionary schemes. . . . → Read More: Where God Acts
Full Text Luke 14:1 – 17:10 in my reading is one long extended teaching on being a disciple. The text for this sermon is the summary or conclusion of that section. I drew that boundary because in Luke 17:11 Jesus is no longer ping-ponging back and forth between disciples and Pharisees, but he . . . → Read More: The Disciple’s Life of Repentance Comments are closed cross, grace, Luke, Repentance, Sermons discipleship, freedom of the gospel, gospel, grace, law, Luke, Repentance, sin Full Text Luke 14:25-35 The travel narrative in Luke, what the lectionary has been taking us through this summer, is about discipleship. It is Luke’s collections of teachings and events that the disciples learned from Jesus on His was to the cross, as He prepared them for their cross. The lesson this week was one of . . . → Read More: It Looks Half Built Comments are closed cross, Luke, Sermons cross, faith, Luke, progress, sermons, shiny-happy, travel narrative |
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