Archive for the ‘Jesus’ Category

A Series of Questions…

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

This is rattling around in my head right now.  If you have the conclusive (or even a good guess) let me know. At what point do we, in the church, get truly serious about weighing all scripture through the person of Jesus Christ? Isn't He the resting place for all of ...

I Had a Blog Post Today…

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

...but I deleted it. Therefore, I will not blog today. I was going to blog about the anger I feel about the injustice, hatred and mean-spiritedness I witness all too often in the world today. But, I removed it, because it seemed too angry and mean-spirited on my part. So, I'll just keep quiet ...

Podcast–Great Themes of the Old Testament

Monday, June 5th, 2006

This is the first in the 13-part series.  The subject is monotheism. I also began my study on "The Jews in the Time of Jesus."  The media card was not in the digitizer so I was unable to record it. In addition, the study on "Redeeming Issues" began last night.  I still ...

Memoriam

Monday, May 29th, 2006

There are far too many people who have given their lives nobly on a day such as this. Today, I will choose to remember these people: Jesus Martin Luther King, Jr. Gandhi Tom Fox Steven Biko Dorothy Day Rosa Parks Mother Teresa John Howard Yoder Oscar Romero Their contributions will not be forgotten. "Only love can make the lion lay down with the ...

Sunday Podcast–He is Coming

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

This is the final sermon in my Scarlet Thread series.  I try to maintain the same level of warning that Malachi used regarding the twin sins of the Israelite people: idolatry and injustice.  Sins that are all too prevalent among us Christians today.

Thoughts and Observations

Friday, May 19th, 2006

From a year of studying the Old Testament: We often view God as Creator in the past tense.  I'm afraid that we approach those initial 6 days as the totality of His creating.  But there is so much that He is still doing. I'm struck by the cyclization of the Israelite people: ...

Sunday Podcast–He is Predicted

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

It's a few days late but here it is. This is a look at all of the Messianic prophecies contained in Zechariah.

Living Like Christ

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Bringing a discussion from my comments to the main board: How would applying the teachings of Jesus manifest themselves in 21st Century America?  What do we make of His sayings?  How do we apply that?  How do we live it? What does this newfound awareness I have of the person of the ...

The Transparency of Preaching

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

(Tracy cringes at the thought of me doing a series on preaching, but oh well.  It is what pays the bills.) Moving from Texas to Michigan was a huge change.  I was transitioning from working exclusively with youth to being "the guy."  No longer would I be preaching whenever the pulpit ...

Some Recommendations

Monday, May 8th, 2006

There are currently 4 CD's I cannot get out of my player.  Check them out: All the Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris: This album was 7 years in the making and it was worth every minute of the wait.  Their voices meld together beautifully to produce a somewhat restless ...