Tag: ecclesiology

• “Words for the Great Ordeal”

  

  John relays a message for Christians going through “the great ordeal” now. We still need these words: “Come, Lord Jesus!” and “Come, everyone who is thirsty!”

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  August 29, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, evangelism, hermeneutics, outreach, Revelation 22:8-17, theology

• “Construction Zone”

  

  a sermon drawn from Revelation 21:9-25

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  August 14, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, Jesus Christ, Revelation 21:9-25, spiritual formation, theology, worship

• Preaching for People You Can’t See – or, a Message in a Bottle

  

  Our wonderful pastor was taking a well-deserved vacation on Sunday, and the Worship Committee had not heard back from the other person they asked about preaching for the First Sunday after Christmas, and they knew I needed a link to a sermon I could share with the Committee on Preparation for Ministry anyway, which I…

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  December 28, 2020

  Sermons, What happens at church

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, faith, the meaning of church

• Around “A Bigger Table”

  

  [Sharing reflections on John Pavlovitz. A Bigger Table: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2017.] The adult class at our church has been reading and discussing A Bigger Table by John Pavlovitz for the past several weeks. Pavlovitz “went viral” in 2014, with his blog post “If I Have…

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  April 19, 2018

  Reading Theology

  Christianity, church, diversity, ecclesiology, inclusion, progressive Christianity, religion, the Church, theology