Sermon preached July 21, 2013
Texts: Genesis 1:1-8, 24-31; 2:1-9, 18-25; John 1:1-18
A frog sits on a log in a swamp singing a song called “The Rainbow Connection.” As the song is ending, up paddles a canoeist. “Help, help. This is a serious call for help. Someone help.” He comes upon the frog. “I
… View MoreSermon preached July 14, 2013
Texts: Revelation 13:11-18, 22:18-19; Revelation 21:1-7, 22:1-5
Iron Butterfly, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”
Play clip of song.
I might have played “Super-Cala-Fraga-Listic-Expi-Ala-Docious” but I don’t have that on my i pod. What these songs share is some non-sensical words, or at least words that don’t seem to make any sense.
… View MoreSermon preached July 7, 2013
Texts: Joshua 8:18-29; II Samuel 8:1-2; Isaiah 2:2-4; Matthew 5:9, 38-48
Thanks to some friends from church here, Julie and I were able to have a front row seat at Duluth’s July 4 fireworks. It is really pretty amazing what some creative minds can do with chemical compounds and
… View MoreSermon preached June 23, 2013
First United Methodist Church, Duluth
Texts: Leviticus 18:19-26; 19:9-15, 18-19, 33-34; 25:8-17, 25-28
So here is the Bible I received from my church in the spring of my third grade year – “Young Reader’s Bible.” Doesn’t this just look like the kind of Bible young readers would want to
… View MoreSermon preached June 9, 2013
Texts: Luke 13:1-9
Theodicy. It is the term for theological thinking about God and evil. If God is both all-good and all-powerful, how do we explain hurt, pain, evil, destruction? Why do bad things happen, and why do bad things happen to good people? These questions have vexed some
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