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Category Archives: Ministry
I Just Wanna be a Sheep (Baaaa)—A Sermon on Receiving Shepherding
A couple of years ago a movie was released that I suppose a few have seen, although I have not and hopefully presume that not many of you have either. Indeed, it is astonishing that there was a market at … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Community, leadership, Ministry, Preaching, Sermon Manuscript
Tagged elders, pastoral care, shepherding
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Motherhood and Mystery—A Sermon for Mother’s Day
This past week has been an unusual one. Preparing for the sermon has not been about deep exegesis, but deep participation. Kelly, apparently knowing full well that I was unprepared to preach for mother’s day—being a man who understands almost … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Ministry, Mission, Preaching, Sermon Manuscript
Tagged 2 Cor 6:1, Mamas, mission, Mothers
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Living Resurrection—A Sermon from Mark 16:1-8
It is John’s gospel that tells us that if all the things that Jesus did while on earth were written down, the whole world wouldn’t have been able to hold all the books. Nonetheless, God chose to give us four … Continue reading
Posted in Mark, New Testament, Preaching, Sermon Manuscript
Tagged Easter, Mark 16:1-8, resurrection
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Ministry
Most people don’t feel good. Most people aren’t happy, and aren’t satisfied. For me, being a preacher starts with that gloomy fact, with that realization that most of the people I see walking around the world are terribly unhappy. And, … Continue reading
Posted in Life Reflections, Ministry
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Thoughts on Bread and Wine, Church and Covenant
Today I’ve been working on catching up on the sermon audio part of the site, with the recordings from the (Sermon on the) Plain, and James. Additionally, I also had these recordings from the day where we recently focused more … Continue reading
Team
This week, I’ve had the wonderful pleasure of hanging out a bit with Kyle. He’s part of a missionary group in Peru that our church sponsors. It was cool to hear him talk about the other side of a pretty … Continue reading
Do Not Judge—A Sermon from Luke 6:35-42
I told somebody this past week that the sermon for today could really only last a few seconds. Don’t get your hopes up, it’s going to be longer than that, but it seems like I should be able to just … Continue reading
Posted in Luke, Ministry, Preaching, Sermon Manuscript
Tagged condemn, Do Not Judge, grace, Jesus, Luke 6:37, sermon, Sermon on the Plain
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Powerless Preacher, Powerful Word
I think every preacher worth more than his salt has a memory chest full of moments like mine from this past Sunday. It had been a tight week, the sermon had puzzled me all week, and when it was finally … Continue reading
The Other Beatitudes—A Sermon from Luke 6:20-26
Everybody knows the sermon on the mount. Unfortunately, if I got up this morning and started reading, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who [yawn] mourn, for they will be…”, … Continue reading
Posted in Luke, Ministry, Preaching, Sermon Manuscript
Tagged beatitudes, Jesus, Luke 6:20-26, poor, poverty, rich, Sermon on the Plain, wealth
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Cedar Lane Sermons are Online!
The blog is continually evolving, particularly as I can transition it out of job search mode. I’ve been gradually working towards fixing some of the structure behind the blog and figuring out what kind of blogging is going to best … Continue reading