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April 11, 2018
When The People In Next Step Know Better Than You Do
At Good Shepherd, we talk all the time about inviting all people into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. But what exactly is a living relationship with Jesus Christ? What does it look like? Early on, we narrowed it down to seven “marks” or “measures.” Here’s what they look like in our Next Step workshop
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April 10, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Stages Of Sermon Preparation
You’ve heard of the five stages of grief? Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance? Or on a lighter note, the Five Love Languages? Acts Of Service, Words Of Affirmation, Gifts, Quality Time, and physical touch? So those cinco-centric lists got me thinking: are there five stages of preparing a Sunday sermon? I believe there are.
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April 9, 2018
Bragging Rights, Week 1 — The “What We Were Like” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Began with an unusual (for me) exploration of how Julie and I met; Continued with an examination of ways in which we are under surveillance; Dug into Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 1, verses 26-31 Borrowed its title from the AA liturgy which states, “Our stories disclose in a general
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April 5, 2018
Some Things You May Not Know …
An assortment of reflections, observations, confessions, and odds & ends … I like every Imagine Dragons song I hear on the radio. The Resident has become must-see-TV for me and for Julie. I read Timothy Keller’s Preaching: Communicating Faith In An Age Of Skepticism and I have to admit that it was stunning. Even better,
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April 4, 2018
What A CounselOR Taught Me About CounselING
A number of years ago, I spent a season working with a particular counselor trying to help figure out the conundrum that is me. (Yes, I’ve had several such seasons and a few counselors and I am much the healthier for it.) Anyway, during one of our sessions, the subject of counselING came up. We
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April 3, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Children’s Books That Captured My Imagination And Made Me A Reader
My mom taught me to read at a very young age — possibly four, certainly by the time I was five — and I have been reading ever since. One of the happy consequences of all that reading is that there is no better way to learn to be a writer. Part of mom’s lessons
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April 2, 2018
A King’s Ransom, Week 4 — The “Live Like A King” Sermon Rewind (Easter 2018)
This weekend’s Easter message … Came from Mark 16:1-8; Hinged on NINE references to Jesus in the space of a verse and a half; Had its origins in my thoughts that many people careen from one life event to another, propelled by nothing more than their newest desire, latest impulse, or most recent outrage; Had
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March 30, 2018
Easter 2018: The Days Ahead
Here’s what we got: Today, Friday, March 30 — Good Friday Good Friday Worship at 7 p.m. in the Moss Road Worship Center. Full color worship with communion plus a reflection on the meaning of the cross and its “remembering.” Saturday And Sunday, March 31 & April 1 — Resurrection Celebrations Identical Services at …
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March 29, 2018
Jonah And Theological Relativism
I read Jonah awhile back and noticed a verse tucked away in its opening scene that I had long overlooked. As the storm gathered strength against Jonah’s flee-to-Tarshish cruise liner, All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god (1:5). At first glance, it appears that the bible is here teaching
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March 28, 2018
Turning Defense Into Offense
One thing I have noticed in my frequent watching of the Tennis Channel is a new phrase in on-court commentary: “He is a master at turning defense into offense.” In other words, certain players through their combination of foot speed and racket skill can hit an aggressive shot from a compromised position. When they should
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