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If you were going to ask God one question, what would you ask? If you were going to ask God one question, what would you ask? The Sadducees know, or think they know, at any rate. They think they know an awful lot, actually—Luke tells us that they go to ask Jesus this question about…
Watch the sermon video About a decade ago, the movie Evan Almighty came out. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a modern retelling of the Noah story, where a brand new congressman named Evan is asked to co-sponsor a bill that would allow development in national parks. Before Evan has decided what to do,…
Sometimes, I have a hard time finding God outside of church. This probably sounds like a strange confession, coming from someone in the pulpit, someone who is in training to be clergy in the church. But there are many days when I leave these four walls and mentally check church off the to-do list. “Okay,…
Preaching is a genre of speaking, where our goal is—through Scripture—to learn about God, the world, and each other. Preaching should be edifying. And preaching should ultimately be about the Good News of God in Christ. So given this description of what we might expect a sermon to contain—sort of the baseline qualifications, it’s perhaps…
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