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https://youtu.be/TAxe6fuaprc It’s third grade in Mrs. Baker’s class at Sunset View Elementary. Recess has just begun and you are being lined up by the biggest kids in class to play a game of kickball. Each team captain begins to pick who they want on their team. It’s seventh grade in your third-hour English class. Mrs. Williamson … Continue reading The Folly of the Cross (1 Cor 1:18-25)
https://youtu.be/rFX5nKgPNeQ Have you ever encountered a problem that was so overwhelming, so complicated, so gross, that you felt paralyzed about how to even begin dealing with it? The first car I ever bought was a 1987 Honda Accord with 330,000 miles on it. I spent 700$ at a police auction to buy it. I raised … Continue reading Grace to You (1 Cor 1:1-9)
There are plenty of resources out there that answer other questions about what marriage is and is not. I do not intend to answer those questions in this article, at least not directly. My aim here is to imagine I were sitting down with you in my office to discuss how to respond to a real, flesh and … Continue reading I’ve Been Invited to a Same-Sex Wedding. What Do I Do?
In the most popular chapter in Augustine’s Confessions (VIII), Augustine relays what led him to his conversion. But before his hallowed moment under the fig tree, Augustine met with the local bishop, Simplicianus, to talk through his spiritual angst. As Augustine asked questions, the older bishop shared the story of how the celebrity intellectual, Victorinus—whom Augustine had … Continue reading Do Walls Make Christians?
Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything To do it as for Thee. Not rudely, as a beast, To run into an action; But still to make Thee prepossest, And give it his perfection. A man that looks on glass, On it may stay … Continue reading The Elixir by George Herbert
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Mp6NbWk1w1v2LUmsDv9n4?si=8f7d753fb31a448a The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here.*Originally preached December 18th, 2022* Faith invites risk. “Trust” is a great synonym for “faith,” and may be a more helpful word for us. ‘Trust’ implies confidence in another to be or do what they said they would be or … Continue reading When You Don’t Know What to Do (Ps 37:1-7)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dG2PWT8MtyoJN6aZk6gHk?si=8c22a3186c0f4673 The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here.*Originally preached August 7th, 2022* Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see … Continue reading Sight (John 20:24-31)
Does the name of your ministry really matter? Is it just the garnish on the side of the real meat and potatoes of what you are doing? The whip cream on top of the cake? Probably, I think. But it is also the first thing that people will hear when they are invited, and it is … Continue reading What is “Sola”?
Marc Sims 