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March 5, 2020
When A Sermon Series Become More Than A Series Of Semrons
Good Shepherd Church has been involved in the battle against human trafficking, and in particular what we called the rape-for-profit industry, since 2007. Motivated by what we had heard at a recent conference, we organized a single, stand alone Sunday called Not For Sale, in which the entire Sunday offering (no, NOT a special offering;
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March 4, 2020
Who Shot JR? And How That Relates To Preaching …
On November 21, 1980, more than 350 million people around the world to watch the season premiere of the prime time TV soap opera, Dallas. Why the extraordinary global audience? People wanted to know who shot J.R. The previous season of Dallas ended in March of 1980 with the show’s loveable villain, J.R. Ewing, shot
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March 3, 2020
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reflections On A Week In Texas
As some of you know, I spent Monday through Friday of last week in and around Austin, Texas. While there, I was able to spend a few days with my mother (more on that below) and lead a Simplify The Message workshop (more on that below as well). All the while, I was able to
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March 2, 2020
God’s Voice
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The Problem Of God, Week 2 — The Problem Of Evil & Suffering
Yesterday’s message … Dealt with the oldest dilemma in the Christian faith (or any faith): theodicy. How can God be both all powreful and all good and yet evil still exist in the world?; Drew from Genesis 50:20 and, in a brief detour, Job 2:13; Concluded by explaining how the vast differences between how Jesus
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February 28, 2020
The Problem Of God, Week 2 — The Problem Of Evil & Suffering
Would you like to learn a $5 word? Theodicy. Which is a fancy word for the dilemma we’ll address this Sunday: how do you reconcile belief in a good God when evil exists? How can there be a living God in the middle of deadly suffering. Many have concluded that because …. Evil exists, God
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February 27, 2020
Loving Our Schools Well
Last night, the Olympic High School football team honored Good Shepherd as its “Biggest Supporter.” According to coach Brandon Thompson, our church gave more money and volunteers to the program than any other area business or organization. You did that! Here are GS student volunteers Morgan & Taylor Carter, GS Student Ministry Pastor Mathew Hargett,
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February 26, 2020
Guest Blogger Claude Kayler, Founding Pastor Of Good Shepherd: “A ‘Discovered’ Sermon From 1992 & The Art Of Seeing What’s Not Yet There”
In my new role as a coach and consultant, I no longer have a great big office (as I did when I was a pastor). Nowadays my office (well, really my desk) is in the room where our grandson sleeps when he spends the night. Needless to say, I no longer have space for all
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February 25, 2020
The “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Of Ministry
In reading David Browne’s Fire And Rain, a musical & cultural exploration of the pivotal-but-overlooked year of 1970, I learned some interesting factoids about Simon & Garfunkel’s iconic Bridge Over Troubled Water. For example, did you know that Simon originally wanted a shorter, quieter song without the “Sail on silver girl . . .” verse
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February 24, 2020
The Problem Of God, Week One — “The Problem Of God’s Existence” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Started a series called “The Problem Of God,” inspired by Mark Clark’s book of the same name; Included one of the few “pulpit” admissions that I went to college at, ahem, Princeton; Talked about the rising influence of atheism; Explored the issue from the perspective of humanity and astronomy; Landed at a
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