Believe it or not, I'm not actually behind this time...

At long last, something has happened that I've been dreaming of for quite some time. I recently figured out how to do an update of the church's website, which means that I can now post sermon manuscripts and recordings on the PLWC site. They'll be posted weekly (I hope) at poconolakewesleyan.org/sermons from now on rather than here. At this point the only subscription option is to use an RSS feed, but I'm hoping to get more options on there eventually.

Of course, that means that the flow of content on this site is likely to drop significantly. I have some ideas of things that I'd like to post here in the future (hopefully weekly), but we'll see how that goes. In the meantime, head over to the church's site to keep up with the sermons.

Wisdom: Reward, Healing, Joy

Reading: Proverbs 12:13-26; James 3:1-12

This is the third and final sermon in our brief series on the book of Proverbs. Wise people, Proverbs tells us, are very careful with their words. Note that Carey and I were visiting family on November 25th, so there won't be a sermon posted for that week.

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Preached on November 18, 2012 at PLWC.

Wisdom: Mind Your Friends

Reading: Proverbs 9:1-18; Matthew 9:1-15

This is the second in our brief series on the book of Proverbs. There are a variety of recurring themes throughout the book, and one of them is that wise people choose their friends wisely.

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Preached on November 11, 2012 at PLWC.

Wisdom: The Ancient Science

Reading: Proverbs 8:1-36; John 1:1-14

I realized after I wrote this sermon that I've already preached a sermon called "The Ancient Science," but that one was based on the book of James. This week we're starting a short pre-Advent series on the book of Proverbs, because there's just some good stuff in there and I haven't really preached on it before.

Note that there is no sermon for October 28 since we had a special speaker in that service.

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Preached on November 4, 2012 at PLWC.

Deep Blood and Fearless Spirit

Reading: Colossians 1:3-29

We’ve spent some time focusing on a variety of very important spiritual disciplines that can help form us into deep, beautiful, and fearless people, but as important as they are, they’re not what matters most. None of it makes any difference if we don’t keep coming back to the deep blood of Christ and the fearless Holy Spirit.

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Preached on October 21, 2012 at PLWC.