Posted on Sun 25 October 2015 in misc •
Note: much of this sermon was preached from notes which won’t make much sense out of context. Sorry.
speaking about someone re lutherans (for / against)
reformation sunday (#sms)
Because I’m Lutheran, I see it as a matter of truth
Gospel: truth sounds good…not the most comfortable thing …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 18 October 2015 in misc •
1 Peter 4:6—11, Matthew 25:31, 34—40
In the flow of love that we’ve been talking about over the past few weeks — as we’ve considered how stewardship is really how love works in our lives — we’ve moved through the down direction of God’s …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 11 October 2015 in misc •
For all the ways that modern North American Christians are different from the people of the New Testament…for all the cultural, political, economic, and intellectual differences between them and us…every once in a while, Jesus speaks about something that cuts right through time and speaks directly to a …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 04 October 2015 in misc •
Exod 16.11—19, Psalm 8, Romans 12:1—8, Matthew 13:1—9
Can you see yourself as good soil?
I guess I should should back up a bit.
Last week I began talking about this word, “stewardship,” and how despite the way it typically gets used in church …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 27 September 2015 in misc •
Deut. 10:10—22, Psalm 24, Gal. 3:23—29, Mark 12:28—34
I want you to think about something that you love. Something that makes you feel blessed — maybe it’s your family, or friends, or where you live, or double dark chocolate ice cream. Something that you …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 13 September 2015 in misc •
Who do you say that I am? What do we as a congregation have to say about what it means to follow Jesus?
It must not be a trivial question, because Peter, who speaks up and gives an A+ disciple answer: ‘you are the Messiah,’ is quickly rebuked and called …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 06 September 2015 in misc •
“Confession, Repentance and Commitment to End Racism Sunday”
We have just heard two stories from Mark. One of them is — well, you can’t say it’s ordinary…it’s a miracle story, after all — but, it’s a typical Jesus-type of story. A man who is deaf is brought …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 30 August 2015 in misc •
Jesus has a habit of turning things inside out. Getting involved with Jesus should come with a warning label because, with him, everything gets reversed, turned over, and flipped around.
Jesus reminds me of one of the those teachers, maybe you’ve had one, that forces you to question the …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 23 August 2015 in misc •
We’ve spent the last month in the Gospel and the messages talking about Jesus. Well, I guess we talk about Jesus every week, but this is the final of five weeks in which we’ve been exploring the specific question ‘who is Jesus?’ with the help of this sixth …
Continue readingPosted on Sun 09 August 2015 in misc •
Christians say that Jesus is the Son of God, and our savior and Lord. And sometimes we treat that ‘our’ word to mean that Jesus is our savior and that he belongs to us. But Jesus does not belong to us, it’s the reverse. And Jesus is always pulling …
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