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Utopian Sex Each new mornNew widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrowsStrike heaven on the face1 What if they didn’t? Imagine a new morn where… No cries from abused children drift up.No soldiers bleed into the black soil.No sewer waste or plastic rings that strangle sea turtles float in the streams.No parents telling their kids … Continue reading The End of Sex
Augustine’s Confessions detail approximately a 15-year-long struggle with God. His journey wanders through Manicheism, skepticism, and neoplatonism, before seriously considering the Christianity his mother taught him at a young age. After meeting regularly with the bishop, Ambrose, and attending church, Augustine’s intellectual arguments against Christianity (and the Bible) fade. He becomes compelled by the beauty and truth of … Continue reading The Habits of a Reluctant Convert
https://open.spotify.com/episode/790MfGxoy2vkp3go8Mkz4L?si=7147514dd3534c1f The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here.*Originally preached October 23rd, 2022* Convictions are easy to hold, so long as they are never tested. Ideals that remain idealistic and never realistic–as in, put into practice–are a breeze. You can read a book about a new diet, or time … Continue reading Simple Sins (1 Sam 13:1-14)
The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here. *Originally preached November 15, 2020* Sermon Audio: Jesus and Sin (Mark 9:42-50) “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and … Continue reading Jesus and Sin (Mark 9:42-50)
The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here. *Originally preached in December 2021* Sermon Audio: When I Fall, I Rise (Micah 7:8-10) In every family there are those stories that are retold over and over again so often that, while it takes on mythic proportions in the parents’ … Continue reading When I Fall, I Rise (Micah 7:8-10)
The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here. *Originally preached in December 2021* Sermon Audio: The Cost of Sin (Micah 6:9-7:7) I don’t know about you, but during the Christmas season one thing my family enjoys doing is watching Christmas movies. One of my favorite Christmas movies is A … Continue reading The Cost of Sin (Micah 6:9-7:7)
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better … Continue reading Fighting Sin by Seeing Rightly (Matt. 5:29-30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF9w8-Xu12Q Normally, I have the transcript of my sermon below - but it would appear that I forgot to save my transcript, and it is lost. So the audio recording above will have to suffice!
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)
This is a poem written by a good friend of mine, nearly four years ago. The poem speaks of the tension of the "already/not yet" aspect of our sanctification. We are already raised and seated with Christ in the heavenly places (Eph. 2:6) and our glorification is certain (Rom. 8:30) - but we still struggle … Continue reading Full Circle (Poem)
Marc Sims 