May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Gal 6:14-15 The inside joke about rap is that while everyone in civilized society pretends to be humble and righteous; in reality, we all have a rapper within. This…
“What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.” –Mk 10:9 Our church operates in the world of contracts, but we aim for something higher than contractual relationships with each other. Can you imagine what would happen if we had a no-show policy for church? At $50 per person, per Sunday, we would…
So must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. -Jn 3:14-15 Exaltation, exaltation, exaltation. Exaltation, exaltation, exaltation. Don’t worry, I am ok, I am just repeating the name of today’s feast so that we can recover its rightful place in history and our lives. You see,…
Introduction Last week we got into the book of Psalms and got very practically into what composes a Lament, that it is has an address to God, a complaint, a request, a push for God to act and then ends in confidence that God will provide. Last session, by the way, was a very Modern,…
Introduction “Learning Lament” Has a PR Problem Our sermon series is called Learning Lament, and I will admit to you right off the bat that I realize the title has a PR problem. People either don’t know what Lament is, or they have negative associations with it. When I told the altar servers that the…
Meet the men who first conquered Ararat! Mount Ararat has held a sacred fascination since the dawn of history. But it was not until the 19th century that any human being dared to conquer Ararat’s 17,000-foot elevation, and reach the summit. The story of that daring expedition is the subject of “Scaling Ararat,” the latest…