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The Biblical
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Christmas Sermon: We Have Observed His Star (Matthew 2)
Posted a few weeks late, here’s my Christmas Sermon. The Birth Announcement And suddenly, out of nowhere, the Magi see a star in the sky. Magi – magicians, astrologers, wise-learned men and women,
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Lineage, Belt Buckles and the BIG US. (Matthew 1:1-25)
Here’s my sermon from December 19th. This morning is the fourth and final week of advent. We have travelled long and
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From Hearing to Seeing: Matt. 11
Interestingly, the act of hearing is initially stressed in Matthew 11:2ff: 2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah* was doing, he sent word by his* disciples 3and said to him, Are
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The Question: John the Baptist’s “Are you the One?” Matt. 11
Here are some thoughts from a portion of my message this past Sunday on Matt. chapter 11. In Matthew chapter 11 we find John again sending his disciples out (as he did in Matt.
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Spoiled and Reworked (Jeremiah 18:1-11)
(This is the message portion of what I shared on Sunday that follows a story I wrote. This message comes from Jeremiah 18:1-11.) We in the middle of discussing various passages from
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All We Grow (Jeremiah 2:4-13)
This is the message I gave on Sunday. Opening_ What are we growing? Theres a new album that recently came out titled All We Grow, by S. Carey. While I actually really like
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The Testimony of Witness
This is my sermon from Sunday. If you’d like a little background to this, you can check out yesterday’s post “In Search of a New Frame for Evangelism and Mission.” This is
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Those It Is Acceptable to Hate
This summer some of us from our church meet every other week to discuss a query dealing with some issue related to things happening around the world. A few weeks back we talked about
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Psalm 52: A Letter to Wall Street and Those of Similar Persuasion
Psalm 52. He and she who has ears to hear let them listen. To the fat cats of American capitalism: Why do
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The Testimony of Truthfulness (Matt. 5:33-37)
Text from my sermon June 13, 2010. This morning we begin our summer long discussion on Quaker testimonies with the testimony of truthfulness, or what has more typically been called the testimony of truth-
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The Convergence of Quakerism – Ephesians 2:11ff
The text from my message given to Camas Friends Church June 6, 2010 Personal Histories In the last couple weeks, I have been reflecting a lot on my own history, my own personal narratives
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Lady Wisdom as Mid-Wife (Proverbs 8)
While I was at Pendle Hill a couple weeks back I mentioned there was a lot of talk about meeting houses closing, there was a lot of talk about death, some literal death, some
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The Wounding of Creation
This morning someone in our meeting requested prayer for the oil spill and during the time of prayer the image of the
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Lady Wisdom, Feminine Divine and Proverbs 8
Last week we discussed Proverbs 8, here are some of my thoughts on the passage. Lets be honest here, the (divine
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Movements and Common Language of the Spirit – Acts 2
Last week I wrote a little about our experience of visiting another Quaker meeting in Portland last Sunday. During that time of open worship I thought some about Acts 2 and Pentecost. It was