Below is a sermon I preached on May 21, 2023, both the audio and the actual notes. Obviously, I only touch on a small portion of the many issues that fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. And I do so imperfectly. But I hope and pray I was able to get across something of the grace …
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This is a sermon series in which I am trying to talk about some divisive social and moral issues from a biblical perspective. I wasn't as happy with the one below as I would like to have been. But it's actually the first time I've done this sort of topical series. And I am well …
Continue reading Living as Exiles #2: If God is Our Creator . . .
I preached the following message on Sunday, January 15, 2023. It was inspired in part by the book I mention below. It is based on the story found in Isaiah 36-37. My main text was King Hezekiah's prayer found in Isaiah 37:15-20. In her wonderful and challenging book, The Deepest Belonging: A Story About Discovering …
This is my message from Sunday, January 1, 2023. Here's the link to Luke 2:21-40. Introduction Consider for a moment our church. It has a long history. It was founded roughly a century and a half ago or so. It has traditions or way of doing things that were formed in the past. Many people …
Little children, guard yourselves from idols. 1 John 5:21 With those words the apostle John ends his first letter. And this makes sense given that in the culture of the time there were plenty of false idols available, plenty of religions from which to choose. John, therefore, is applying the first and second commandments (from …
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