Voting: Discernment Required
The 1968 American presidential election was the first time I was eligible to vote. I quickly learned two lessons from that year: 1) Politics makes strange bedfellows of competing and...
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“An Invitation to the Word” – Preaching Notes for Pentecost Sunday
“The sending of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 initiated a movement that came to see the death and resurrection of Jesus in a larger measure than just God’s plan...
“Restored, by Hook and by Crook” – Preaching Notes for 6th Sunday of Easter
“In a sense, to follow Jesus is the path of overcoming our human frailties, weaknesses, and sinfulness. One might say that Peter was on a path of sanctification, a path...
“A Stranger on the Shore” – Preaching Notes for 5th Sunday of Easter
The disciples in John 21 acted on the Word of the Man on the seashore and “now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of...
“That you may believe” – Preaching Notes for 4th Sunday of Easter
People are asking questions these days. People have doubts about the future, and about where God is in their current situation. So Thomas is someone everyone can relate to. But...