The Wages of Sin and the Gift of Life: Revisited

The Wages of Sin and the Gift of Life: Revisited

I listened to the Home-brewed christianity podcast episode Liberal Christian Piety with Douglas Ottati this morning on my walk. It covered a lot of wonderful topics, but one phrase jumped out at me. Ottati quoted Romans 6:23, “for the wages of sin is death.” “Whose...
Paradox and the Tension of Love

Paradox and the Tension of Love

Richard Rohr’s meditations on paradox have been especially helpful for me this week. My Facebook friends know that I’ve been sharing them all week (see below). They have spoken to me for many reasons. One reason is related to the current sermon series on...
What is Freedom? A Devo from Galatians 5

What is Freedom? A Devo from Galatians 5

Galatians 5 has been rattling around in my brain all week. I mentioned in my that I feel compelled to discuss the phases of the spiritual Journey in the sermon this weekend. Part of that process is to focus on the “works of the flesh” that Paul lists in...
Paradox and the Tension of Love

Job, Suffering, and Spiritual Formation

Today I find myself standing between the second and third weeks of a five-part sermon series on the book of Job. Last week we focused on the conversations that Job had with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. They wrongfully accused him of sin, because that was their only...
Why Do You Love God?

Why Do You Love God?

Next weekend we begin a five-week sermon series through the book of Job from the collection of Wisdom literature in the Hebrew Scripture. Most people react to this news with either an eye roll or a slouch in the shoulders. “Job! Really? It’s so depressing.” True. Job...

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