Tag: Christian ideas and practices

• “What’s Our Motivation?”

  

  What are we supposed to learn form the disciples’ immediate, enthusiastic response to Jesus’ call? That depends …

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  January 23, 2023

  Sermons

  calling, Christian ideas and practices, exegesis, hermeneutics, Matthew 4:12-23

• “Lights, Nations, & Neighbors”

  

  What does it mean to be “a light to the nations”? Do we need our passports? …

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  January 16, 2023

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, everyday life, Isaiah 49:1-7, light, mission and evangelism

• “Photo-tropic”

  

  Can we learn something from the magi about spiritual practice? …

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  January 9, 2023

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, Epiphany, God, Matthew 2:1-12, spiritual practice

• Epiphany

  

  20 + C + M + B + 23 God of doors and homes, bless this home this year and every year. Bless all who come and go through this door, both those who live here and those who visit. May all who enter through this door come in peace and bring joy. May all […]

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  January 6, 2023

  Observing the Day

  Christian ideas and practices, prayer, three kings

• “What Are We Waiting For?”

  

  Thankfully and joyfully, the kingdom of heaven is a present reality as much as it is a future expectation

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  December 12, 2022

  Sermons

  Advent, Christian ideas and practices, faith hope and love, joy, Matthew 2:11-15

• A reminder to give up contempt

  

  from an article in Plough on anger and contempt as treated by Dallas Willard – and other Christian authors

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  December 8, 2022

  Reading Out Loud

  Christian ideas and practices, ethics, values

• “Night and Shining Armor”

  

  “the full armor of God” is really indistinguishable from the Christian life – “putting it on” means taking up that way of life of faith and hope and love in the strength of a gracious God

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  November 28, 2022

  Sermons

  Advent, Christian ideas and practices, Ephesians 6:10-18, faith hope and love, text to sermon

• Reflecting on Ephesians 6 10-18

  

  questions for reflection and discussion

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  November 24, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, Ephesians 6:10-18, exegesis, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Studying Ephesians 6 10-18

  

  notes on the text

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  November 23, 2022

  Text of the Week – Notes

  Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, Ephesians 6:10-18, exegesis, faith hope and love, reading the Bible, spiritual practices

• Reflecting on Ephesians 2 1-10

  

  questions for reflection and discussion

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  November 15, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, Ephesians 2:1-10, exegesis, grace, reading the Bible, Reformed theology, thinking about the Bible

• “Prayers of the Saints”

  

  What if we knew that the saints actively pray for us? What would change?

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  November 6, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, communion of saints, Ephesians 1:15-23, prayer

• “Living by Faith(fulness)”

  

  the Biblical authors meant something different by “faith” than modernity’s notion of “believing things without proof”

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  October 31, 2022

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  Christian ideas and practices, faith, faith hope and love, Habakkuk 2:1-4, Reformed tradition, Romans 1:16-17, the gospel

• “The Theatre of God’s Glory”

  

  The Holy Spirit is ceaselessly at work – in and through our ordinary lives – to make us whole, individually and as the whole people of God

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  October 24, 2022

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  Christian ideas and practices, Holy Spirit, Joel 2:23-32, ordinary life, the Church

• “On Our Hearts”

  

  God is persistent, and we could be, too – in a good way

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  October 16, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, exegesis, God – images of, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Luke 18:1-8, thinking and feeling