Baffling Beatitudes I: Spiritual Poverty?

February 12, 2012

Scripture Reading Matthew 5: 1-3 1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Listen to the Sermon…

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Who’s Mission is it?

February 7, 2012

So you must go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. – Matthew 28: 19 “The Church does not have a mission, God’s Mission has a church.” I shared these words recently while preaching at the opening service of [...]

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Pray Twice

February 5, 2012

Scripture Reading Ephesians 5: 15-20 15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, [...]

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No Act of Love is Wasted

January 29, 2012

Scripture Reading Mark 1: 21-28 21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. 22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. 23 Just then a man in their [...]

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The One That Got Away

January 22, 2012

Scripture Reading Jonah 3: 1-10 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it [...]

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Call/Waiting

January 15, 2012

Scripture Reading 1 Samuel 3: 1-20 1 The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. 2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The [...]

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Lights, Camera….

January 8, 2012

Scripture Reading Matthew 2: 1-12 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” [...]

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