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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
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
Sermon on the Plain—Cedar Lane Edition
This past Sunday’s sermon was our introductory foray into the sermon on the plain, an extremely distilled dose of Jesus’ vision of what his disciples are like. Part of the challenge of this past week’s sermon was to get in … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Discipleship, Luke, New Testament, Preaching, Translations, video
Tagged discipleship, Jesus, preaching, Sermon on the Plain
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Red-Handed Refuge Audio
For those of you who missed it, this Sunday night’s sermon, “Red-Handed Refuge” is uploaded in the Sermons section of this website, so if you’re interested, check it out! (This is for all you spring break folks who thought you … Continue reading
The Thrill of the Chase – (sermon slide design)
This weekend, as many of you know, the Hovaters are headed to Tullahoma for a long ministry interview weekend. I hope you’ll all be prayerful for everybody involved. These are tough decisions! As part of that weekend, I’ll be preaching … Continue reading
Red-Handed Refuge
In tonight’s sermon, we thought about what it would mean for our church to become a modern city of refuge. Can we go beyond Hebron’s mission as a city of safety for the accused innocent, and be a place where … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Life Reflections, Ministry, Preaching
Tagged follow-up, hospitality, preaching, refuge, sermon
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Red-Handed Refuge
I’m working on the powerpoint to go with this Sunday night’s sermon. I really enjoy this part of sermon preparation, because it helps me think about how to fully communicate the “One Thing” I really want to preach.
City of Refuge
Stone by stone, a community built. A city of refuge manned By the priests of God. Hebron, Where the bones of faith’s father Wait to welcome fearful children. Hebron, Where sword-wielding priests Shelter the blood-stained innocent Who in desparation Fly … Continue reading
Posted in Free Verse, Poetry
Tagged church, ecclesiology, grace, guilt, justice, preaching
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Two Sermons
I’ve been trying to keep the Sermons page of the site updated whenever I preach, but there are a couple of sermons lately that I wanted to note, but hadn’t had the chance to work into the site yet, and won’t … Continue reading