Category: Preaching
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MORE PREACHERS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT
Pastor Greenbean has spent the last three days at the annual gathering of his particular regional denomination—the Northwest Baptist Convention. One of the things he always enjoys is connecting with old friends, swapping stories, and getting free books. However, he noticed, there were fewer free books this year. It must be the economy. Now we…
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AZTEC THEOLOGY AND CHRIST VIA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
There is a fascinating article in this months edition (November 2010) of National Geographic. The cover story is about migrations, which is nice in an eye candy kind of way. I love the pictures in National Geographic! But that is not the article which made me think real hard. No, it was the one near…
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ABUSING THE HOLY
This Sunday I finish a sermon series on the Ark of the Covenant titled “Relic or Relevant: The Ark Adventures.” I have had a blast preaching it, especially since one of my friends built a replica and put it in the worship center! I am posting a section of an earlier sermon, from two weeks…
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ANGER MIS-MANAGEMENT
This morning I was reading from Pastoral Care by St. Gregory the Great. Gregory is one of my favorites because he writes for pastors in a voice and with a genuine concern that speaks across the centuries from his office in Middle Ages Rome to my office in third millennia West Coast America. His words…