Fearless Worship

Reading: Exodus 35:30-36:1; Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 96

Worship is one of those things that we don't tend to think of doing alone, and yet it can (and should) be a part of our individual spiritual lives.

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Preached on October 14, 2012 at PLWC.

Where Are We Going? To Worship

Reading: Ezekiel 43:1-12; Revelation 1:9-19, 4:1-11

This week begins a brief series focused on the future as revealed through the Bible. What does God want us to know about where we're heading, and how does that influence us today?

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Preached on September 25, 2011 at PLWC.

Church Words: Worship

Reading: Revelation 4:1-11, 22:1-6

Our "church word" for the week was worship, which is a really, really big word to tackle in a half-hour sermon.

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Preached on July 25, 2010 at PLWC.

The Beating Heart

Reading: Psalm 25; Psalm 26

I was out backpacking last week, so this sermon is actually a couple of Sundays old. We followed up our journey through the book of James with a sermon rooted in the Psalms because worship is what we were made for, and it is the beating heart of our life in Christ.

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Also, I've updated our discussion of spiritual gifts to include the gift we covered this week: the gift of healing. Click here to view Reversal: Spiritual Gifts Focus, or click here to read the blog post introducing it.

Preached on October 4, 2009 at PLWC.

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.

The Main Show

Reading: Exodus 3:1-15

We're continuing through the lectionary readings in Exodus; this week we read the call of Moses when God spoke to him through a burning bush. Part of that call, though, is peculiar, because God seemed to think that the worship of the Israelites was more dramatic than a parted sea.

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Preached on August 31, 2008 at PLWC.