Some of you have notice that sometime ago, I created a feature for this blog called, "Growth Tracks." You can find these guided reading plans in the top header of the blog pages and along the right-hand side panel. I've just added "Growth Track #4--Cooperating with Our God of Power." Please, have a look, and … Continue reading Blog Announcement–2/19/2013
Month: February 2013
Sermon #41 — Our God of Power: Still to This Very Day — John 14:8-14 & Acts 1:6-11
“We may do the same works that Jesus did (John 14:12) in the same way that he did them – as a human being filled with the Holy Spirit, listening to the Father and acting in obedience.” Long, Stokes, & Strickler, Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit, p. 113. As we … Continue reading Sermon #41 — Our God of Power: Still to This Very Day — John 14:8-14 & Acts 1:6-11
Pastor Note #50 — Of Love, the Mission of Christ, and a Long-ago Visit to Pakistan
The room where we all sat was crowded and dark and made of heavy stone. It felt almost like a castle or a fortress. That wasn’t so surprising. We later found out that the building had been built by the British during the “Raj” as a garrison for their troops. Now it housed … Continue reading Pastor Note #50 — Of Love, the Mission of Christ, and a Long-ago Visit to Pakistan
Sermon #40 — Words from the Beloved Apostle: Loving Like Jesus Again — 1 John 4:7-14
Is loving hard or easy? Well, it very much depends on what you are referring to by the word "love." In much of modern, Western culture, love is presented as a feeling or a passion. If that is true, if love is really a feeling or an emotion, then we should think of love as … Continue reading Sermon #40 — Words from the Beloved Apostle: Loving Like Jesus Again — 1 John 4:7-14
Sermon #39 — Words from the Beloved Apostle: Living through Jesus — 1 John 4:1-6
The confession of faith, "Jesus is Lord!", is a life-giving affirmation. The faith that is reflected in that a statement is the pathway to life, because the faith that lies at the root of that declaration opens the way into a life-giving communion with the living God of heaven and earth. The Christian faith is … Continue reading Sermon #39 — Words from the Beloved Apostle: Living through Jesus — 1 John 4:1-6
Prayer Note #45 — The Arithmetic of God
Where do I find hope, except in you, Good Father? Yet, I continue to look in other places. I continue to behave as if I expect to find something better, more pleasing than you. Of course, I never find anything remotely approaching you. Everything I find is cotton candy, sugar water, candy corn. You … Continue reading Prayer Note #45 — The Arithmetic of God
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