This is an edited manuscript for my sermon on John 3:14-21. It was originally entitled, “Lifted Up.” For this post I’m renaming it, “In the Light” as that better reflects the content. Jesus expresses God’s desire for the world and is it very simple and straight-forward. God loves the world so much that he sent…
Category: Pastoring
Memories
On Saturday I was privileged to speak at Riverview Estates’ “Founder’s Day.” My message makes up today’s blog post. Memory is a powerful thing. It ties us to a reality greater than the world immediately around us. It connects our personal journey to the journeys of other people — past, present, and future. It reminds…
Getting the call
As part of our Annual Session celebration this year, The American Baptist Churches of New Jersey is putting together a book of pastor testimonies. These are to be based on one of several journey themes, and be limited to 200 words! As my contribution to this project, I wrote about how I got called to…
Three Days
This is an edited transcript of my sermon on John 2:13-22, entitled “Three Days.” In the text you’ll see the phrase “the Jews” a number of times, this reflects the voice of John’s Gospel in which “the Jews” refers specifically to the Jewish leadership which opposed Jesus during his Earthly ministry, not to the Jewish…
Credit
This is an edited manuscript of my sermon for March 1 2015. It’s based on Romans 4:13-25. Here in the letter to the Romans Paul opens the door for Gentiles in the. Actually, a good portion of this letter deals with how on earth Jews and Gentiles can exist in the same body. Jews grew…
Positive Leanings
I’ve seen an image floating around on social networks several times, and for some reason I was moved to interact with it’s message today. The text of the message is below. 1. 97% of pastors have been betrayed, falsely accused, or hurt by their trusted friends. 70% of pastors battle depression. 7,000 churches close each…
