This week, you will be tempted. You will want to give in, give up, give out. You will endure one of the most intense situations you will ever encounter in this life. The very fiber of your being will be tried in a Jack Bauer-esque struggle of epic proportions. This week, you will be tempted to give in to . . . Christmas. The day … Continue reading in defiance of tyranny
One of the pains we suffer in this life is leaving our church families. Like the families in our own homes, it hurts to leave them. We shouldn’t have to. It doesn’t seem good or right. Ideally, I suppose, a pastor would get to stay at his congregation forever, and parishioners would never leave either. It’s rare in this life that we find congregations where … Continue reading families apart
Now this is how a wedding sermon ought to be preached (courtesy the Rev. David Petersen). In the Name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The parable of the ten virgins exposes the dark side of the Gospel: not everyone is saved. Five virgins shut themselves out. They go their own way, attempt to buy their way in, … Continue reading wedding sermon, wedding toast
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