Bearing the Cross: Provocation

Reading: Acts 5:27-42; 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:10

For the third sermon in our Bearing the Cross series, our focus was on how the cross factors into the proclamation of the early Christians in Acts and 1 Corinthians. They weren't shy about how they talked about the cross: in fact, the cross was both central and provocative.

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Preached on March 27, 2011 at PLWC.

Bearing the Cross: Freedom from Slavery

Reading: Galatians 5:1-6:18 (or just read all of Galatians)

Our second sermon in Bearing the Cross series looks at how the cross factors into Paul's instructions to the church at Galatia.

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Preached on March 20, 2011 at PLWC.

Bearing the Cross

Reading: Luke 14:25-35; Matthew 16:13-28

We're starting a new series for Lent focusing on Bearing the Cross. It seemed logical to start by looking at what Jesus had to say on the matter.

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Preached on March 13, 2011 at PLWC.

Moments of Glory

Reading: Matthew 17:1-9; 2 Peter 1:16-21

The lectionary for this year places the story of the Transfiguration right before the start of Lent, which is appropriate for a number of reasons, as we explored in this week's sermon. I should note that I haven't been happy with how Google Documents has been handling the .doc versions of the sermons I've been uploading recently, so this week I'm going to see how it handles a .pdf version instead. Let me know if it gives you any trouble and I'll go back to the .doc version.

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Preached on March 6, 2011 at PLWC.

Added a new (old) sermon recording

Carey and I were out of town unexpectedly for Sunday, February 20, so I recorded a video of myself preaching my sermon titled "Commandos, Spies, and Secret Missions" and used that video for the sermon during the worship service on that Sunday. The manuscript for that sermon has been posted since I first preached it in August of 2008, but I've now added a link in that post so you can download the recording.

Remember the Mission

Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:17-26

We celebrated communion together last Sunday, so our sermon was centered on that. The Lord's Supper is incredibly multi-faceted, but this time we focused on how it involves our act of commitment.

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Preached on February 27, 2011 at PLWC.