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Scripture Text: John 8:31-36 Traditions tend to pile up. There is nothing inherently wrong with traditions. Most traditions are in fact healthy and good. But they tend to pile up. Just think about Christmas. How many things are there that you “have” to do? Does the holiday just . . . → Read More: The Puzzle of Reformation Day Here is Ben Myers, Aussie Prof and preacher, on a problem with one of my favorite things, the lectionary. First, he has a great hold on the difference between preaching and teaching. Preaching is about proclaiming. Teaching is about exploring. You can teach from the pulpit, but it better be a secondary feature. . . . → Read More: Breadth and Depth…Creating a People that Love the Word Full Text I was asked after church in Bible study if I like preaching on Easter Sunday the best. My answer was not as full a yes as might be expected. It is definitely up there, if just for the crowd size. This is not meant as a theological statement – the effectiveness of . . . → Read More: Easter Sunday – A Chance to Have Faith 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 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 From Ernst Kasemann – “The worship of the Chirstian community should not be dominated by fanatical ecstasy or profound oracle, but by prophecy as a contemporizing of the message of the past. The gospel concretizes and actualizes.” In other words – “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth (John 1:14)…Anyone . . . → Read More: An Incarnate Truth 
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 know, . . . → Read More: God’s Word is ______ – the VBS Litergy 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 |
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