Preached on October 21, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Judges 8:4-9, 22-27
While my last sermon focused on corporate "vision," this sermon has more to do with finding out God's will for an individual. If we want to know what God wants us to do, we need to be faithful to what he's already given us.
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Maybe Jesus Forgot
Preached on October 7, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Exodus 19:1-6; 1 Peter 2:1-10
The priesthood of all believers is one of those key concepts in the church. The priesthood (broadly speaking) is conspicuous in its absence in the New Testament, because Jesus didn't ordain anyone or anoint anyone or anything like that to create a new priesthood. But because of what he was doing on a larger stage, we're all priests.
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Reading: Exodus 19:1-6; 1 Peter 2:1-10
The priesthood of all believers is one of those key concepts in the church. The priesthood (broadly speaking) is conspicuous in its absence in the New Testament, because Jesus didn't ordain anyone or anoint anyone or anything like that to create a new priesthood. But because of what he was doing on a larger stage, we're all priests.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
How to Poke Yourself in the Eye
Preached on September 30, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Lamentations 2:5-9; Revelation 1:9-11; Proverbs 29:18
Carey and I and the members of our board of administration will be having a board retreat on October 8, so I've been thinking of things like long-term goals and plans and vision. I've been annoyed to see some leadership authors (mis)quote Proverbs 29:18 to suggest the importance of a church having a vision, so I did some digging to see just what sort of vision Proverbs had in mind. No surprise, but it's not the same sort of vision as you'd see in a vision statement for a business.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Reading: Lamentations 2:5-9; Revelation 1:9-11; Proverbs 29:18
Carey and I and the members of our board of administration will be having a board retreat on October 8, so I've been thinking of things like long-term goals and plans and vision. I've been annoyed to see some leadership authors (mis)quote Proverbs 29:18 to suggest the importance of a church having a vision, so I did some digging to see just what sort of vision Proverbs had in mind. No surprise, but it's not the same sort of vision as you'd see in a vision statement for a business.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
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