Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Don't Wanna

Reading: Jonah 3:1-4:11

It's been a while since I preached on the book of Jonah, which is a shame. It's a great book. This week we looked at the second half of the book, which shows us that the real focus of the story is Jonah and how he responds to God. His response is unfortunately immature, as is the case for many of us...

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Preached on January 22, 2012 at PLWC.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

A Beautiful Mess

Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10; Romans 12:3-8

This week's sermon is a little out of the ordinary since I preached it as part of a pulpit exchange with Pocono Lake United Methodist Church. This is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and so we decided to switch preachers for one Sunday in recognition of our unity in Christ. I'm afraid I therefore don't have the recording, but if I gain access to it I'll post it later.

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Preached on January 15, 2012 at Pocono Lake United Methodist Church.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

What Time Means

Reading: Leviticus 23:1-14; Romans 14:1-18

And suddenly it's 2012. Not sure how that happened. This is our first sermon for the year, and like many other people in this season, I had time on the brain. What is our time for, though? Time does have a purpose in the kingdom of God, and time is heading in a direction.

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Preached on January 8, 2012 at PLWC.

Friday, January 6, 2012

We Have a Savior!



Reading: Luke 1:46-55, 67-79

Sorry for the lack of posting recently; Carey and I were on vacation over New Year's. I still owe a Christmas sermon, though, so here it is. This is the conclusion to our Lamentations: We Need a Savior series. I should note that this sermon was actually preached in two parts during our Christmas Day worship service, so there's a break in there when Carey reads Mary's song (about eight and a half minutes in).

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Preached on December 25, 2011 at PLWC.