Sermon preached July 20, 2014 (Creation Care Sunday at our church)
Texts: Romans 8:12-25
Listen again to some of the words of Paul from Romans 8, this time rendered by Eugene Peterson in his translation/paraphrase The Message. The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next. Everything in creation is being more or
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Texts: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Miles Davis, “So What” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylXk1LBvIqU
People who know jazz almost instantly recognize this song from the moment it begins. You can hear it’s title in the notes – “So What.” The minute the trumpet sounds, if you are a jazz aficionado, you know that
… View MoreSermon preached July 6, 2014
Texts: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
So here is the 1984 Foreigner song from which I took this morning’s sermon title, “I Want To Know What Love Is” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWXMtjUZWM&feature=kp
But now I have a bit of a problem, because I am not sure just how to get from this song
… View MoreSermon preached June 29, 2014
Texts: Matthew 10:40-42
I don’t know why I have never thought of it before, but this Sunday’s sermon has an all-purpose sermon title – “Something.” It answers the question – “What are you going to preach about?” – something. It gives people a good response to the sermon – “Wasn’t
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