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• Luke 7:11-17 - My Paraphrase

  Luke 7:11-17
  On the nest day, Jesus journeyed to a town called Nain, and many of his disciples and a large crowd of people went with him.  Now when Jesus approached the gate of the town, a man who was dead was being carried out for burial.  The dead man was the only son of his [...]

  June 21st, 2007

• Powerpoint Slides for Ascension Day

  Below you will find four slides I have put together for Ascension Day.  To get to a larger version of each slide (800×600), click on the image to be taken to my flickr account.  Let me know if these are of any use.  Thanks.

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  May 15th, 2007

• "Love and the Prophet," or "Killing the Messenger" - A Sermon for Epiphany 4C

  Here is my offering for Sunday, January 28, 2006.  It is based on the readings from 1 Corinthians 13 and Luke 4:21-30.  My paraphrase of these scriptures is as follows:
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  1 Corinthians 13
  Though I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but have not love, I am a sounding brass or a clanging [...]

  January 28th, 2007

• Luke 4:21-30

  And [Jesus] began speaking to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it read.”
  And all spoke well of him and admired the gracious words that came from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Jospeh’s son?”
  And he said to them, “No doubt you will tell me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal [...]

  January 24th, 2007

• Don’t Think About Monkeys: A New Year’s Sermon

  This sermon is based on the readings for Christmas 1C: 1 Samuel 2:18-26, Luke2:41-52 and Colossians 3:12-17, which can be read by clicking on the links.  Before I start let me say that I owe some of the illustrations and ideas in my message today to the good work of Paul Larson, one of my preaching [...]

  January 1st, 2007

• Luke 3:7-18

  Then he [John] said to the multitude that came out to be baptized by him, “You generation of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear therefore fruits worthy of repentance. Moreover, do not begin to say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say unto you, God [...]

  December 13th, 2006

• Luke 1:39-55

  And Mary arose in those days and traveled to the hill country in haste, to a town in Judah. And she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the babe jumped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Spirit and she [...]

  December 13th, 2006

• Luke 1:26-38

  Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name . . . Mary. And the angel came near to her and said, `Greetings, highly favored [...]

  December 7th, 2006

• Luke 3:1-6

  In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to [...]

  December 7th, 2006

• My Paraphrase of Sunday’s Scripture - Advent C2 with an Alternate Gospel Reading

  As I mentioned in my “Paraphrase Post” from last week, my plan for preaching and worship during Advent and Christmas this year is to go chronologically through Luke 1-3.  Therefore, the gospel lessons I will be using in Advent are as follows:
  Advent 1 - December 3rd - Zechariah and Elizabeth 1 (Theme will be “Silence”): [...]

  December 5th, 2006