ARCHIVE September, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Last Monday I sat down to prepare a message on Jesus’ most important parable: the Sower and the Seed. As I studied the parable I saw the importance of Isaiah 6 to the meaning of the story: in all three gospels, Isaiah 6 is the centerpiece. We’re going Read more
September 28, 2009 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This is the second of Jesus’ two stories about grace. While both parables make the same main point (we’ve been forgiven much, so we need to forgive others), the narrative that frames this second brief parable contributes a lot of depth to the point. This Sunday we worked Read more
September 21, 2009 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Pastor Wendy spoke this Sunday while myself and a bunch of men skipped out to attend our annual retreat at Silver Birches Camp. Have you ever skipped to the end of a book and read the last page first? While I usually avoid such a practice, a line Read more
September 14, 2009 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Last fall we looked at the stories Jesus told about discipleship. This week we started looking at the first of two stories Jesus told about grace: the parable of the unmerciful servant. We tackled this text in four parts: Why did Peter ask Jesus if seven times was Read more
September 8, 2009 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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There’s no message to post from this Sunday, because I didn’t end up preaching—which is very odd for me! Here’s what happened: As I was finishing the worship set, I felt like we should take some time and pray for each other’s needs. We shared our requests and assigned different people to pray for each Read more
September 1, 2009 in Messages by Pastor Steve
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