By Chaplain Mike You have been reading posts about the Beatitudes this week. If you would like to hear my sermon from this morning on Matthew 5:1-12, you can do so using the player below. This sermon is about 22 minutes long. http://www.box.net/embed/85t1vugyymxe3lr.swf
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Jesus Pronounces God’s Blessings
By Chaplain Mike – Today’s Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 so many people here to hear him from everywhere, of every kind no religious crowd this one! check out that bloke over there loser if i’ve ever seen one not an ounce of righteousness in him wouldn’t know a tithe from a toothbrush couldn’t find genesis ifContinue reading “Jesus Pronounces God’s Blessings”
iMonk Classic: Believing the Bible: A Place To Start or Stop?
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer From Feb 5, 2009 Let’s say you’re sitting around talking with a group of friends, some of whom are Christians and some aren’t. A subject comes up; for example, marriage. People share their stories, their thoughts, their accumulated wisdom. After a moment, one of the Christians present begins toContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Believing the Bible: A Place To Start or Stop?”
Saturday Ramblings 1.29.11
Where did the week go? Seems like just yesterday it was Saturday. I guess they come most every week, huh? Around here we use Saturdays as a general tidying-up day. This week I’ve cleaning up my brains, the same ones that got battered around after a couple of essays I posted. Y’all are a toughContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 1.29.11”
Difficult Scriptures: The “Genocidal” God?
By Chaplain Mike Some of the most difficult stories in the Bible are those which portray God ordering the annihilation of entire nations or groups of people. This appears prominently, for example, in the Book of Joshua, when the Hebrews defeated the Canaanites on various occasions to take control of the Promised Land. How doContinue reading “Difficult Scriptures: The “Genocidal” God?”
Our Intimate God
I refuse. I absolutely refuse to go back to a god who is only interested in what I do, not who I am. I have no interest in a god who keeps score, who I have to appease by doing good things and avoiding bad things. A god who is more interested in institutes andContinue reading “Our Intimate God”
Back To The Garden
My friend and the associate pastor of my church, Gyle Smith, is accused of starting every one of his messages in Genesis 3. Well, it’s not a bad place to start. After all, we were made for the Garden. We don’t know where the actual Garden of Eden was—and don’t start a discussion where youContinue reading “Back To The Garden”
All Are Welcome
By Chaplain Mike A website I’ve learned to like when preaching the lectionary is WorkingPreacher.org. One of their entries this week is from David Lose, Marbury E. Anderson Biblical Preaching Chair at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. He discusses this week’s Gospel, the text of the Beatitudes (Matt. 5:1-12), a passage I’ve discussed hereContinue reading “All Are Welcome”
Sick Days
By Chaplain Mike I had to take a couple of sick days this week. That’s unusual for me. Our entire family has been blessed with good health, and even the sicknesses we’ve had have not been serious. It becomes easy to take that for granted. Two years ago I had an experience that opened myContinue reading “Sick Days”
Chapter Two Continued: Humility and Obedience
I promised a follow-up of my article on “Chapter Two of the Christian Life.†In it I talked about the necessity, once grace has begun to work in us, of working ourselves. I listed nine disciplines or areas of growth that I wanted to talk about. My purpose is not to load people up withContinue reading “Chapter Two Continued: Humility and Obedience”
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