>Advent, like Lent, can be a season for taking some things on and giving some things up. As for giving up, I am going to try and recover the discipline of fasting twice a week. It is something I did for years, but have recently gotten out of the habit of doing. Perhaps the over … Continue reading Advent – giving up and taking on
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Brokenness is what I long for?
> O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased. The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Psalm 51:15-17------------------------------- … Continue reading Brokenness is what I long for?
Check out DBS for under $7
>For those who use the Adult Bible Studies' curriculum, here is a supplemental resource that is designed for use with the student books. DBS (Daily Bible Study) has a brief, one page meditation on a daily Scripture passage that opens with a question for reflection and ends with a prayer.The DBS for Fall 2009 begins … Continue reading Check out DBS for under $7
The best book on Christian Leadership you’ve never read …
>Or perhaps you have?I have no doubt that many of the leadership books that pastors and Christians leaders are so strongly urged to read these days can have helpful insights from the business world, but here is a bit of a game changer or gospel paradigm shift to throw in the mix - just to … Continue reading The best book on Christian Leadership you’ve never read …
2009 Creo Sermon Series #12
>I believe ... in the resurrection of the body and the life everlastingThe Scripture LessonsJob 19:20-27Psalm 16I Corinthians 15:50-57Matthew 22:23-33Thestrals. If any of you have ever watched or read part of the Harry Potter series, you may remember them. Thestrals. It is the name give to the ugly, skeletal, and rather frightening-looking winged horses that … Continue reading 2009 Creo Sermon Series #12
Creo Sermon Series
> I believe in the Holy Spirit Ezekiel 3:12-21 / Psalm 104 / I Corinthians 2:6-16 / John 16:4b-15 “I believe in God the Father” … (recite creed rapidly with congregation up to the pause before the clause on the Holy Spirit … then take a deep breath). If the creed were to stop there … Continue reading Creo Sermon Series
Sermon Blogging: “God the Father Almighty like a Mammy”
>"Creo / I believe: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters" Sermon II"God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth."The God of Job is a God to be feared. The Maker of heaven and earth is a God to be revered and honored. The God of today's psalmist is a God whose majesty and … Continue reading Sermon Blogging: “God the Father Almighty like a Mammy”
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