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Going Deeper with John’s Gospel: The Prologue
This year, my congregation is undertaking the project of seeking to understand more deeply the Gospel according to John. This is the first lecture in the series. I will also be posting complementary sermons during this season. John’s Gospel is an enigmatic text—it stands on its own, apart from the accounts of Matthew, Mark, and…
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“In the Beginning….”
John 1:(1-9), 10-18 *translation offered by Tom Boomershine, available at www.gotell.org In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him,and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being…
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Yet He Could Not Escape Notice…
From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice. But a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him,and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now…
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God is Not Through
Matthew 24:36-44 “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and…
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I just Kant help Myself
1 Peter 2:19-25 19For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. 20If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. 21For to this you…
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Pub Theology: MLK Edition
This week our Pub Theology Group met and discussed the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. It was an absolutely wonderful gathering filled with great insights and engaging conversation. We started our gathering by reading some quotes from MLK’s speeches, sermons, and letters later in his career, wondering together–how are MLK’s words still relevant, challenging,…
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Love Your Body
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed, the…
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Blizzard Church: Worshipping at Home in Bad Weather
Sometimes bad weather makes it unsafe to come to church. But even if you are stuck inside this weekend, we can still worship together as the body of Christ! I hope that this order of worship will help you and those you love to take time to give thanks to God and join with the communion…
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That Kid Is Going to Be Trouble
1 Samuel 2:18-20 18 Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy wearing a linen ephod. His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say,…
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2015 in Review
Just like every Christmas, this years’ was preceded by the darkest day of the year, on December 21st. But as I have reflected on this year, I must admit that it has not be difficult to identify darker days. If I am truly honest, 2015 has been a year that often has seemed lost in darkness. I open the news…
Deeper in me than I 