The Beginning of Wisdom | A Sermon on Proverbs 1:1-7
Text: Proverbs 1:1-7 and Luke 6:47-49 listen to the audio Words of wisdom. Our culture is obsessed with them. Look at the bookstore and noticed how large the self-help section is. There is a book about how to succeed in just about everything. Five steps to losing...Deep in the Books
My life is currently equal parts studying for comprehensive exams and church work. Last week I spent three solid days (seriously, until 9 or 10 at night) in planning meetings and youth meetings! All good stuff. The mornings are dedicated to processing books for comps....Book | Communion and Otherness by John D. Zizioulas
Zizioulas, Jean, and Paul McPartlan. Communion and Otherness: Further Studies in Personhood and the Church. New York: T & T Clark, 2006. Author John Zizioulas (Greek: Ιωάννης Ζηζιούλας; born 10 January 1931, Kozani) is the Eastern Orthodox metropolitan of...Book | Systematic Theology by Pannenberg
Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1991. Author Wolfhart Pannenberg (born on October 2, 1928) is a German theologian. He has made a number of significant contributions to modern theology, perhaps most notably his concept of history...Book | The Trinity and the Kingdom by Jürgen Moltmann
Moltmann, Jürgen. The Trinity and the Kingdom: The Doctrine of God. 1st HarperCollins paperback ed. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. Author Jürgen Moltmann (born 8 April 1926) is a German Reformed theologian who is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology...The Gift of Forgiveness | sermon on the Lord’s Prayer part Four
Text: Matthew 6:12 Read the sermon It’s week four of our look at the Lord’s Prayer. Our Father, our parent who walks across the room to pursue a relationship with us, may your reputation be made holy and special through how we live. May your vision and...The Great Commission | Matthew 28:16-20
This quick video is based on the devotional I gave to the VBS leaders on Friday, June 14, 2013. Sometimes it’s good to look at familiar passages like the Great Commission and hear them with fresh ears. Go tell it on the...Sermon | Our Daily Bread | Matthew 6:11
Text: Matthew 6:11 Listen to the audio. We’ve come to week three of our study in the Lord’s Prayer. Two weeks ago we were reminded that God is our Father, the loving parent who walks across the room and pursues us and desires to be in relationship with us. That Heaven...Read more4. The internal life of the missional church focuses on every believer living as a disciple engaging in mission. This understanding makes every member a minister, with the spiritual growth of every disciple becoming the primary focus as the body is built up to participate more fully in God’s mission in the world.1
