Reading: Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-21
This is the fourth installment of our "Engage" series for Lent. This week we saw that Jesus viewed himself as being God's means to offer healing to a perishing world, and that healing involves much more than simply healing one's physical ailments.
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Preached on March 29, 2009 at PLWC.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Engage: Transformation
Reading: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 8:31-38
"Transformation" is our code word for "holiness" for this sermon. As we continue on through Lent, learning who Jesus was and why he went to the cross, we are narrowing the focus of our engagement of our faith and actions. This week it's personal: our faith in Christ should truly transform us over time into people who are more and more marked by his cross.
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Preached on March 22, 2009 at PLWC.
"Transformation" is our code word for "holiness" for this sermon. As we continue on through Lent, learning who Jesus was and why he went to the cross, we are narrowing the focus of our engagement of our faith and actions. This week it's personal: our faith in Christ should truly transform us over time into people who are more and more marked by his cross.
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Preached on March 22, 2009 at PLWC.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Engage: Worship
Reading: Exodus 20:1-17; John 2:13-22
This is the second sermon in our "Engage" series for Lent. Since Lent is a time of self-examination, we're focusing on ways we can engage our faith with our actions. This week we looked at engaging more directly with God through worship.
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Preached on March 15, 2009 at PLWC.
This is the second sermon in our "Engage" series for Lent. Since Lent is a time of self-examination, we're focusing on ways we can engage our faith with our actions. This week we looked at engaging more directly with God through worship.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Preached on March 15, 2009 at PLWC.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Engage: Others
Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 12:20-33
Technically we're starting Lent a week late at PLWC, but we had some missionaries with us last week. Our Lent will be focused on engaging our faith with our actions if a variety of ways, and we're beginning by focusing on engaging with other people. The plan is to pray for and hopefully invite people to join us either for our week of prayer during Holy Week or for our Easter services.
Also, the sermon worked a little differently this time around. The introductory part of the sermon came earlier in the worship service than normal, so if, while you're reading, you think I was being particularly long-winded, try to think of it as 25% more sermon for free.
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Preached on March 8, 2009 at PLWC.
Technically we're starting Lent a week late at PLWC, but we had some missionaries with us last week. Our Lent will be focused on engaging our faith with our actions if a variety of ways, and we're beginning by focusing on engaging with other people. The plan is to pray for and hopefully invite people to join us either for our week of prayer during Holy Week or for our Easter services.
Also, the sermon worked a little differently this time around. The introductory part of the sermon came earlier in the worship service than normal, so if, while you're reading, you think I was being particularly long-winded, try to think of it as 25% more sermon for free.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Preached on March 8, 2009 at PLWC.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Hiding in Plain Sight
Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9
I'm more than a week late posting this sermon, but since I didn't preach last Sunday this should catch us up. We celebrated communion together a couple of Sundays ago on what was the last Sunday of Epiphany as well as the last Sunday before Lent. We read the story of the Transfiguration and reflected once again on the revelation of God, though this time we saw that revelation before us in the Lord's Supper.
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Preached on February 22, 2009.
I'm more than a week late posting this sermon, but since I didn't preach last Sunday this should catch us up. We celebrated communion together a couple of Sundays ago on what was the last Sunday of Epiphany as well as the last Sunday before Lent. We read the story of the Transfiguration and reflected once again on the revelation of God, though this time we saw that revelation before us in the Lord's Supper.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Preached on February 22, 2009.
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