This is the center panel of the stained glass window in Central Baptist’s sanctuary. The whole front window is, to me, some of the most fantastic stained glass I’ve ever seen – but this center panel is the most striking. This is as things should be. It is, after all, Jesus’ resurrection. There’s a lot…
Tag: Worship
Considering the other
This week I preached on Hebrews 10:19–25. The sermon was ok but, for me, the most compelling section was the last paragraph – so I’ll spend some time unpacking it’s ideas a bit more fully this morning. More and more I’ve been hearing, from Christians near my age and younger, how we don’t need the…
Worship Zombies
Normally on Monday’s I post my sermon manuscript as my blog entry. Today I’m breaking my typical practice for two reasons. First, while the sermon this week was adequate, I didn’t particularly care for it 1. I thought the manuscript, despite several deep edits, lacked flow. It was ok, but not really worth re-sharing. Second,…
No One Closer
This is an edited manuscript of my sermon for April 26, 2015. It is based on Hebrews 2:1-15. Last week we walked through Hebrews chapter 1 and discovered how Hebrews sets up Jesus as being “greater than the angels.” Here in chapter two we begin to discover why this matters. As I pondered the passage…
Greater By Far
This was to be my sermon for April 19, based on Hebrews chapter 1. Sunday morning I was preparing how I wanted to preach it and ended up scrapping it as being too much like a paper I’d write for class. There’s still some decent enough elements in it, so I present it here. I…
A trending journey
I’ve been seeing some posts recently on two related “church trends.” The most prominent is a conversation with Rachel Held Evans on Relevant Magazine’s web-site. This conversation springs out of her new book Searching for Sunday. The conversation is interesting, and makes me want to go out and get a copy of the book for…
