Jesus didn’t tell parables to provide friendly little illustrations of abstract theology. He told parables because what he was doing was so different, so explosive, and so dangerous, that the only way he could talk about it was to use stories. N.T. Wright, Lent for Everyone, Commentary on Matthew 17 as I read it on…
Today we went to OneLife West. I’ll post more links to the sermon later. Here are my notes.
Unwed mothers, corrupt taxes, angels, felons, and Christmas. These are the notes from my sermon at Westminster the weekend before Christmas.
This weekend I was scheduled to teach at Westminster, but the snowpocalypse was bad enough that we decided to cancel services this Sunday. Instead, we are emailing out a link to this post, so everyone can be cheered on in the safety of their own homes. First is a note from Dave, then a video…
(These are my notes for a sermon I was able to preach in October, 2013, at New Life Church of the Nazarene in Princeton, Indiana) Inaugurations Scripture Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 16:25 For…
Here is a list from the net bible of all the occurences of τηλιπσισ (#2347) “suffering” I found this list in my journal. It seems so distant from the Facebook posts and cries for rights and justice that we see. Are we prepared as a church for difficulty? Do we have room in our theology…
If you love me, you’ll obey my commands. – John 14:15 I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this from the non-legalistic point of view. Forever people have read this – I have read this – like "If you love me, then you will do what I say so go figure out what I…
From The Trouble With Grace by Keith Hueftle Under orders, and with confidence in the person’s authority giving the orders, you might expect to do such a bizarre, inane thing. But this is not a call to presumption. Jesus is not asking to work up a so-called “faith” – self-generated – in order to make…
an exerpt from The Trouble with Grace by Keith Hueftle
