I’ve been invited to a bunch of banquets lately, and interestingly enough they are all great, and they are all on the same weekend, April 21-23. It is unique that they all ended up at around the same time, but it is not unique to get invited to banquets. Have you noticed that there areContinue reading “Saying No to invitations”
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Open your mind to new life – Luke 24
Last week I asked “Is there only bad news in a broken world?” This past Sunday I had some help from the elementary age kids (and some of you older “kids”!) in trying to answer that question. Becka, our worship leader, drew large a large picture of planet earth, and as I mentioned the badContinue reading “Open your mind to new life – Luke 24”
Is there only bad news and a broken world?
Hearing the bad news coming out of Kenya these past few days has been a sobering reality about our world. I know that there is tragedy and evil like that pretty much every day of every week, but this one hit home because we have close friends who are missionaries in Kenya, and my sonContinue reading “Is there only bad news and a broken world?”
Resurrection NOW
In 2nd Corinthians 5:17, Paul writes to the Christians in the Roman city of Corinth: “If anyone is in Christ, he is new creation. The old has gone, the new has come.” What he means is what I said in last week’s sermon intro post: we can be, and in fact we need to be,Continue reading “Resurrection NOW”
Pie in the Sky…and other half-baked resurrection ideas
“Pie in the sky…in the great by and by.” “Eternal life.” “Pearly gates and streets of gold.” What does resurrection bring to your mind? Here’s another phrase to consider: “You’re so heavenly-minded, you’re of no earthly good.” Are you? Could your understanding of the resurrection have misled you to be so heavenly-minded, you’re of noContinue reading “Pie in the Sky…and other half-baked resurrection ideas”
Engaging Scripture 