Archive for the ‘Jesus’ Category
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
When we moved to Oklahoma one of the first things we did en route was to stop at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, site of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building. I was struck by the simplistic beauty of the location and the ...
Posted in Jesus, matthew | 5 Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
I've been preaching through the gospel of Matthew on Sunday morning. I was blazing a pretty good clip of about a chapter a week until I got to the Sermon on the Mount.
At that point we slowed to a screeching halt.
Over the last 6 weeks we have covered ...
Posted in Jesus, Loving People, matthew | 3 Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
In 1993 I had been working at a medium sized church outside of Nashville for less than a year. I was 25 and still somewhat immature. The first year was a bumpy one as I learned on the fly what it meant to be a minister and I ...
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
In September 2005 I began an ambitious teaching and preaching curriculum. My goal was to preach and teach through the entire bible taking one week for each individual book. The congregation would be encouraged to read a book each week beginning in Genesis and working all the way ...
Posted in Church, Jesus, Preaching | 11 Comments »
Monday, February 26th, 2007
It's July 18, 64 AD and a fire breaks out in the Circus Maximus. Over the course of the next five days much of the city of Rome is devastated by the fire that rages (if the history, specious at best, holds out).
For many, the suspicion goes to ...
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Monday, February 19th, 2007
I'm working at home today because my middle daughter has been sick. When I work at home while keeping the girls they watch TV.
Way too much TV. Our girls are in the habit of saying "I want to get that" whenever a commercial comes on for some toy ...
Posted in Jesus, Social Conscience | 11 Comments »
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Scripture is clear about one thing: there are two aspects to spirituality, the horizontal and the vertical. And those two aspects are interwoven with each other.
Simply put, you can not have a relationship with God (the vertical) if you don't have a relationship with His children (the horizontal). ...
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
If you noticed I added a plug-in that shows what I am listening to on last.fm. If you use last.fm, add me as a friend. My user name is sfree96.
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I am out of the office for the most part of the day. I thought I would re-run ...
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
My blogging buddy Phil Wilson has already written a great post about this sign, so I won't repeat what he has already said.
However, I want to tip my hat to several churches in Australia who are tapping into the subversive and life-transforming power of the gospel.
In a world that is ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
I began work at my current congregation a little over 2 years ago. When I came the church was in a transitional period having undergone a split about 6 months previous. Three reasons spurred my decision to accept what many would believe to be an unattractive position:
1. It ...
Posted in Church, Jesus, Loving People | 18 Comments »
