Archive for the 'Preaching' Category
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Mary, Sweet Mary, part 1
Journey with Jesus has an excellent guest essay for Advent written by Sara Miles. It is a challenging article. Listen to this excerpt…
“Mary proclaims that after the annunciation and everything that follows, all generations will call her blessed. But Mary’s obedience to God doesn’t yield the kind of blessing most of us ask for […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 16th, 2007 tagged Preaching, Worship, Spiritual Formation, Christmas, Quotes, Advent | Comment now »
Right!!
seen on a job board…. no, really! …emphasis all mine…
“Apply now for the full-time position of Senior Pastor / Comedian at (insert name of local comedy club/new-age church), located closer to your town than you think!
This is a newly forming church. Job duties will be to set up church from ground up. We have a […]
Published by the tattooed poet on July 11th, 2007 tagged Preaching | 1 Comment »
The Real Thing
In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company decided to change their famous formula for the first time in 99 years – and ended up with the New Coke. It was a disaster. Market shares dropped even further than they already had, and consumers hated it. It didn’t take Coke long to bring back Coke Classic – and […]
Published by the tattooed poet on January 18th, 2007 tagged Preaching, Bible, Spiritual Formation | Comment now »
The Windows by George Herbert
Lord, how can man preach thy eternal word ?
He is a brittle, crazy glass ,
Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford
This glorious and transcendent place,
To be a window through thy grace.
But when thou dost anneal in glass thy story,
Making thy life to shine within
The holy preachers, then the light and glory
More reverend grows and […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 30th, 2006 tagged Preaching, Poetry | Comment now »
In Our Place
Hebrews 10:11-18
“And every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God,” and since then has been waiting “until his enemies […]
Published by the tattooed poet on November 15th, 2006 tagged Preaching, Spiritual Formation | 1 Comment »
Drifting on the High Seas
Drifting on the High Seas
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:1-4
It was a foggy morning just before daybreak on September 22, 1993 when a tugboat accidentally pushed a barge into a large bayou near Mobile, Alabama. The drifting barge slammed into the railroad bridge that spanned the bayou. In the darkness no one could see the extent of […]
Published by the tattooed poet on November 5th, 2006 tagged Preaching, Spiritual Formation | Comment now »
Finding Faith
Reflections from Job 23:10-14; Psalm 22:1-5; and Hebrews 4:12-16
When I read the words of the scriptures in the above passages, I am reminded of the deep feelings of grief and sorrow that Job and David experienced. Job, the perfect man, as the Bible says, was feeling abandoned by God. David felt as if God had […]
Published by the tattooed poet on October 23rd, 2006 tagged Preaching, Integrity | Comment now »
The Invitation
The following text is taken entirely from the CD “The Invitation.” The Invitation, narrated by pastor and author of The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren, provides a unique evangelistic tool. Developed as an audio sound-tract companion to the phenomenally successful Nelson Bibles’ Million Bible Challenge, Rick Warren guides the listener through a conversion experience toward […]
Published by the tattooed poet on September 28th, 2006 tagged Preaching, Worship, Spiritual Formation | Comment now »
Oops, Wrong Person
A husband expressed his frustration by saying, “Mary, you’re not the woman I thought I married!” She looked at him with a slight smile and said, “I never was the woman you thought you married!”
“If you treat the right person like the wrong person, then most likely you married the wrong person.” H. Norman Wright […]
Published by the tattooed poet on August 10th, 2006 tagged Preaching, Healthy Living | Comment now »
Marriage Relationships
Some of you know that I have been working on a sermon series on marrage and family. I began this series last Sunday, and this week while waiting in a doctor’s office I found the following story. I am thinking about using it in one of my sermons, but thought I’d get your input, responses […]