PeaceWe know it better by its absence. On the days, in which you can not win, you have stepped in every puddle, hit every red light, and just can not catch a break, you might be looking for it. When the mailbox is filled with bills, the inbox is overflowing, and the schedule has no white space, you might be searching it…
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Sermons on Matthew (Page 7)
This morning, we continue in our series, the gospel in film. Last week, we took a look at the classic movie, The Lion King, anticipating the coming of the remake in the theaters, but more importantly, the courage that God gives each of us to remember whose we are in Christ Jesus. Sons and daughters of Christ, called to live God’s Love.…
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…
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…
This Lent, we have been listening to Jesus’ call in the Sermon on Mount to take on love, God’s love with prayers for our hands and actions for our feet. Last week, we began our journey on Ash Wednesday as we asked the question – Does Jesus love me, even me? YES! Then we looked…