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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://open.spotify.com/episode/7975sjlFD4XeXdG9k772t6?si=7867087161834a4c Sermon Discussion Questions: What stood out to you the most? Why is Jonathan, second only to David, the hero of 1 Samuel? How can grow to be more like him? How is our ego like an elbow? Saul's story is an extreme example of what happens when you are controlled by the approval of … Continue reading The Providence of God (1 Sam 18)
27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask … Continue reading Puncturing Pretensions (Mark 11:27-33)
School started last week, which means the strange phenomena of returning to the community of school-life has begun. Returning from a summer off is always strange – there is a kind of sizing up and critiquing that everyone does with one another. Everyone is trying to see how we assimilate back into the social order … Continue reading Our Cheatin’ Hearts (James 4:1-10)
Marc Sims 