Half Truths: Love the Sinner, Hate the SinThis morning, we conclude our series on half-truths, phrases we think of as biblical, when really, they are bibl-ish. We take a look at “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin.” Like each and every one of these five clichés that we have explored, we are absolutely sure that we can find them somewhere in the…
Reading car bumper stickers can be an entertaining past time. From places people have traveled like Ocean City, Disney or Cape Cod to candidates they are supporting to theological presuppositions; bumper stickers can share a glimpse of something about a person. Have you seen the bumper sticker, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it”? Sometimes, the bumper stickers even go…
Half Truth: God wouldn’t give you more than you can handleThis week, we continue in our series about half truths – those colloquial phrases that sound bibl-ish. We are sure that we could find them somewhere in the Bible, if we just kept looking! We have heard the clichés from those around us. There is a kernel of accuracy and truth in…
I enjoy church signs. They give you food for thought. And sometimes for a different reason than the church intends. This week, I saw this sign: The Bible hasn’t change. Have you? It was clear to me the church who posted the sign intended one thing: The Bible is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. And you should be too. But I…
“Half Truths: Everything Happens for a Reason” Today, we begin a new series of sermon: half-truths. Not everything we attribute to being found in the Bible is actually in the Bible and biblical truth. This series is inspired by the Adam Hamilton’s book Half-Truths. (1) Most of us have said things that we believe and shared that we have not fully thought…
You are LovedOn Ash Wednesday, about forty-seven days ago, 60 of you said thank you to me when I said ashes to ashes, dust to dust, from God you have come and God you will return. Why say thank you or Amen? What were you institutively reflecting on? We acknowledge the reality that our life is in God. God is already creating…
Laid up in a hospital bed from his wounds, a young man named Ignatius began to imagine more than the brokenness he had known. More than just fighting and pain, he wondered what else he could do. With aggression, conflict, mercenary challenges, he felt desperation. At the age of seventeen, he was more eager to pick a good fight, than any concern…
Today, we continue on our Lenten series to take on love based on Jesus’ teaching from the Sermon on the Mount. I invite you to take on love for hypocrites. Often, we think of hypocrisy in terms of a someone else. Someone who has hurt you. Someone who has betrayed you. We can imagine someone who has said one thing and done…