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Next week, I’m going to try to live off of $5/ day for food. Why? Well, because a bunch of us from Grace Mennonite Church are, that’s why. Why are a bunch of us from Grace going to spend just $5/day on food? Good question. 1) To raise awareness: $5/day is more than a single …
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We just heard the story of Stephen, the first Christian martyr who died for his faith. Audrey was looking for bulletin cover material, and this is what we decided not to use: Getting stoned for a simply preaching a sermon is pretty intense persecution, if you ask me. But, as a follower of Jesus, I …
In the book of Acts, you have stories of the first new followers of post-resurrection Jesus, the first stories of mass conversions, and the first stories about people gathering as the church. Sometimes, those of us in churchy world look to this story as a foundational story. We look to how the early church behaved …
Continue reading “2051, Getting the Mail, and Ferraris – The Facade of Unity”
The following was preached on April 13, 2014 at Grace Mennonite Church, based on Matthew 21:1-11. ________________________________________ Today, we give praise to somebody who rides in on a donkey. If it’s a Stanley Cup parade or Grey Cup parade (which we haven’t seen for a while in these parts), we’d expect to see convertibles or …
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What a mess. So World Vision changes their policy saying they will hire GLBTQ Christians who are married. And then a bunch of people (mostly conservative, evangelical, Christians) get upset and threaten (or actually do) pull their support and funding. And then World Vision says they’re sorry and reverses their policy change. Okay… Where to …
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I preached the following at Grace Mennonite on March 16, 2014. I kind of felt like I was preaching to the choir… ____________ The word “blessing” is used a lot in the Bible. At the very beginning of the Bible, When God creates human beings in God’s own image, God blesses them. God also blessed …
Today is Ash Wednesday, signalling the 40 day period before Easter. Traditionally, it has been a time where people have “given up” something: Sugar, coffee, meat, gossiping, anger, etc. Other people choose to take something on: Praying, giving, exercise, contemplation, etc. Last year, I chose to wake up early every morning and pray. I started …
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I have to admit, I’m more nervous to preach on this text than I was when I preached about hell. Because for most of us, hell is this abstract belief that we don’t put much thought into, and it definitely doesn’t affect our daily decisions. When we make choices about our careers, our education, what …
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Bake them their cake.
Lighters, Russian Roulette, and 5 Minutes – “Talking about and Inviting” Okay. Part 3. The last Sunday in hell. In some ways, I’m kind of sad we’re ending our time in hell today. I feel like we’re just getting started, and that we’re only beginning to scratch the depth of spirituality, worldviews, church, salvation, our …
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