Preached on May 20, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: 2 Kings 2:5-14; Acts 1:3-11; Ephesians 1:13-14.
Last Thursday was the day in the Christian calendar set aside for remembering Jesus' ascension, and next Sunday is Pentecost, so today we focused on the transition between the two. Jesus is gone, but he sent us the Holy Spirit. The presence of the Spirit is the last of the major characteristics of the church that we're looking at during Eastertide, and it's one of the most important.
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Showing posts with label Eastertide 2007. Show all posts
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Dysfunctional Family of God
Preached on May 13, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: 1 Samuel 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:11-12, 5:1-5
It's Mother's Day, of course, and rather than preach a sermon about mothers like too many other preachers do -- I've actually heard hymns sung to mothers in some churches, believe it or not -- we decided to focus on the church as the family of God for this week. Family imagery is all over the place in the Bible, and Ephesians is no exception. Fortunately for us, God's family is no "ordinary" family.
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Reading: 1 Samuel 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:11-12, 5:1-5
It's Mother's Day, of course, and rather than preach a sermon about mothers like too many other preachers do -- I've actually heard hymns sung to mothers in some churches, believe it or not -- we decided to focus on the church as the family of God for this week. Family imagery is all over the place in the Bible, and Ephesians is no exception. Fortunately for us, God's family is no "ordinary" family.
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Between the Head and the Feet
Preached at PLWC on May 6, 2007.
Reading: Ephesians 1:15-2:5, 6:10-18; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Sorry it took me a while to post this sermon; last week got away from me. We celebrated communion together on the 6th, and so that seemed like an ideal time to talk about how the church is the body of Christ. It's a common enough way of describing the church, but when we push a little harder on what Paul is saying in Ephesians, we see that the church-as-body image is even deeper than it's usually given credit for.
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Reading: Ephesians 1:15-2:5, 6:10-18; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Sorry it took me a while to post this sermon; last week got away from me. We celebrated communion together on the 6th, and so that seemed like an ideal time to talk about how the church is the body of Christ. It's a common enough way of describing the church, but when we push a little harder on what Paul is saying in Ephesians, we see that the church-as-body image is even deeper than it's usually given credit for.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Mysteries and Solutions
Preached on April 29, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Genesis 32:22-30; Hosea 2:21-23; Ephesians 1:7-10, 3:2-6
Suffice it to say that Paul had some pretty profound things to say about what God did when he created the church. This week, we're looking at what it means when Paul says that the church is the revelation of God's wisdom.
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Reading: Genesis 32:22-30; Hosea 2:21-23; Ephesians 1:7-10, 3:2-6
Suffice it to say that Paul had some pretty profound things to say about what God did when he created the church. This week, we're looking at what it means when Paul says that the church is the revelation of God's wisdom.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Plan A
Preached on April 22, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Genesis 18:16-23; Ephesians 1:3-6
The book of Ephesians is a good place to begin if you want to learn more about what the church is supposed to do and be. We're going to spend the next few weeks working out of Ephesians, then, because it's important that we learn how we as a community are expected to live after Easter.
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Reading: Genesis 18:16-23; Ephesians 1:3-6
The book of Ephesians is a good place to begin if you want to learn more about what the church is supposed to do and be. We're going to spend the next few weeks working out of Ephesians, then, because it's important that we learn how we as a community are expected to live after Easter.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Life After Easter
Preached on April 15, 2007 at PLWC.
Reading: Isaiah 53:7-12; Matthew 28:16-20
This week's sermon is the beginning of a series of sermons where we try to cope with Easter. Things are different now than they were before Easter, and if we're living lives that don't show that difference, then we need to ask why we're not different.
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Reading: Isaiah 53:7-12; Matthew 28:16-20
This week's sermon is the beginning of a series of sermons where we try to cope with Easter. Things are different now than they were before Easter, and if we're living lives that don't show that difference, then we need to ask why we're not different.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Short on Explanations
Preached on Easter morning, April 8, 2007, at PLWC.
Reading: Luke 24:1-12; John 11:17-27, 45-46, 53
Last week was a busy one for sermons, since I got to preach for both Good Friday and Easter. For this Easter sermon I focused on the sheer audacity of Jesus' resurrection: we can theologize and debate and prevaricate and ignore all we want, but when it comes down to brass tacks, there's a guy who used to be dead who isn't dead anymore and hasn't died for the last two thousand years. What do we do with that?
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Reading: Luke 24:1-12; John 11:17-27, 45-46, 53
Last week was a busy one for sermons, since I got to preach for both Good Friday and Easter. For this Easter sermon I focused on the sheer audacity of Jesus' resurrection: we can theologize and debate and prevaricate and ignore all we want, but when it comes down to brass tacks, there's a guy who used to be dead who isn't dead anymore and hasn't died for the last two thousand years. What do we do with that?
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
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