This is an edited version of my sermon manuscript for Palm Sunday, 2015. It’s based on Mark 11:1-11. At the beginning of Mark’s Triumphant Entry narrative Jesus got ready to enter Jerusalem I want to unpack three things about how Mark set’s this up. First, we’re not sure if Mark was intending this passage to…
Category: Pastoring
Keeping up with Languages
A lot of people, pastors in-particular, are amazed that I still bother to translate the passages on which I preach. I don’t claim to be a Biblical languages scholar, I’m not. If I had been trained before the advent of Bible software I might have dropped using the languages myself 1. What I don’t like…
The Days are Coming
This is an edited manuscript for my for my sermon on March 22, 2015. It’s based on Jeremiah 31:31-34. Jeremiah envisions The LORD’s incredible grace and patience. Jeremiah is an interesting prophet. He lived during the time of Judah’s rapid decline and actually witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian Empire. His prophetic ministry…
Humility
Below is my version of a popular Christian bumper-sticker. I often worry the “official” version communicates hubris instead of the intended humility 1. This might also manage to imply the wrong sentiment, but I’m pondering. Or perhaps we should just keep massively complex theological notions off bumper-stickers. Mostly with an implied statement, “At least I’m…
Inspired
This week the Bible App, the great app from the people who pioneered YouVersion, released a new feature – Images. I’m not writing this post because I think it’s a terrible feature, or one that should be mocked. In fact, I can see how it could be quite useful and even pointed it out to…
Very proud pastor
There are days where I can’t help but think how fortunate I am to be pastoring the folks at Central Baptist. Tonight, for the first time in several years, we hosted a week of the local Lenten Soup Supper & Worship 1. We’d dropped out when the kind soul who used to handle it laid…
