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A sermon based on John 3:1-21 Okay, first of all, I need to start my sermon with an apology. When I preached a few weeks ago, I didn’t communicate clearly. I made the comparison of how someone asking if anything good can come from Nazareth is like Dog River speaking ill of Wullerton in Corner …
Continue reading “An Apology, Boring Church Services, and Zooey Deschanel”
Re: the Canada summer jobs grant and abortion and religious freedom So the government wants organizations who receive summer student funding to check a box saying they agree with women’s rights to access abortion. And religious organizations are calling it discriminatory, claiming persecution, and talking about religious freedom. Umm… Am I missing something here? Isn’t …
Continue reading “Summer jobs grant, women’s reproductive rights, and persecution – I don’t get it.”
Every year during Advent, as we wait in anticipation of God entering our world as a child, as we live the hope that God is going to come and set the world right, we encounter this guy. John the Baptist. We follow a prescribed set of Bible verses for Advent, verses that are used by …
Continue reading “24/7 News Channels, Zombies, and Small-g “grace””
A short First Advent sermon, based on Isaiah 64:1-9 We start Advent in the depths of Isaiah with a poem begging God to come down and shake the mountains. That God would enter our world like brushfire to make God’s name known among the nations. That God would come and save us. Throughout Scripture, we …
Continue reading “Is 34 young or old?, Random Molecules, & Buddy the Elf”
Diagrams, Charts, Ideas, and Prayers that help me try to follow Jesus with integrity (I hope) without checking my brain at the door If you’re interested in learning more about what influenced my past three sermons, here’s a list of what has shaped me. All the books are available either in my office or the …
First of all, before we even start today’s sermon, I need to apologize. Last week I preached about James Fowler’s Stages of Faith. I told you that Fowler taught at Harvard. On Monday morning, I received a very kind and gracious and gentle email, that pointed out to me that James Fowler never taught at …
Continue reading “Graduate Class: Humble Pie, The 1980s Are Calling, & the Dark Side”
As you can see in, this morning is the second part in a three part series, in which I am going to share and draw a whole bunch of ideas and thoughts and diagrams and prayers that I have found helpful in trying to follow Jesus. And it might not all wrap up nice and …
Continue reading “Nuclear Weapons Facilities, Harvard University, and Grandma’s Love”
Diagrams, charts, ideas, and prayers that help me follow Jesus with some integrity (I hope) without checking my brain at the door – A 3 part series. Part 1: Franciscans, Methodists, and Mennonites, Oh My! As you can see in, this morning is the first in a 3 part series, in which I am going …
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Abraham almost sacrificing his son… What a great Fall Fellowship story! Right? We here at Grace are doing a 4 year plan to cover most of the Bible’s major stories, and we are currently in year 3. Hence why we get stories of child sacrifice on the day that we give Bible’s to 3 year …
I’ll be quick. Earlier this week, a bunch of Christians got together and wrote a document called the Nashville Statement. Basically, it’s one long document about biblical interpretation and same-sex marriage and lgbt inclusion in the church. Or rather, how those things shouldn’t be in the church. Most of the prominent names on it aren’t …
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