Monthly Archives: September, 2012
September 23, 2012 – Hugs and Greatness
To listen to the recorded version, click here: hugs and greatness I learned the most wonderful Greek word this week, while I was translating the Gospel reading for today. I’m not quite sure why I got so excited about this word, but it made me feel happy just to read it. The word is enankalisamenos …
September 16, 2012 – Disciples Carry a Cross, Not a Sword
To listen to the recorded sermon, click here: Disciples Carry a Cross When Peter answers Jesus’s question, “Who do you say that I am?” – that marks the turning point in the gospel of Mark. Mark’s gospel is all about the unwrapping of the secret of Jesus’s identity. The first verse in the gospel is: …
September 9, 2012 – The Day Dogs Became Children
To hear the recorded version of this sermon, click here: The Day the Dogs Became Children In my sermon last week I said that Jesus didn’t want us to waste our time trying to be “good” – because he had something much better for us. His plan for us is not to teach us to …
September 2, 2012 – Don’t Be Good, Be Made Well
For the audio version, click here: Don’t be good, be made well A long time ago, when our big children were still little children, we owned a used bookstore in St. Louis. There were a lot of children in the neighborhood. We homeschooled our kids, and there was a Catholic school nearby that some of …
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