2005 Messages
1/2/05
Practicing God's Presence
1/9/05
How NOT to Pray
2/13/05
Start Praying Like a Child
2/20/05
The Weight of Glory
2/27/05
The Holiness of Beauty
3/20/05
The King of Thieves
3/27/05
The Silence of Heaven or "Fluffy Bests the Beast"
4/3/05
The Open Secret: The Gospel of the Kingdom
4/10/05
The Open Secret II: Delving Deeper into the Gospel of the Kingdom
4/24/05
The Cosmic Gospel: Universal Salvation w/o Universalism
5/1/05
Making Sense of the Church: Church as Kingdom Community
5/8/05
"Thy Will Be Done" - The Will of God as a Way of Life
5/15/05
Ears That Hear: How to Listen to a Sermon
5/29/05
Does Faith Matter? (Psalm 73)
6/12/05
Table Manners: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
6/19/05
Taking Sin (and Grace) Seriously: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses..."
7/3/05
God's Holy Love: Isaiah's Vision & John's Gospel
7/10/05
Stargazing: Are we Lost in the Cosmos? (Psalm 8)
7/17/05
The Dance of Eternity (John 17:20-26)
7/24/05
Why the God-Man?
7/31/05
Home: Life in God
8/7/05
Mirror of God: Reflecting the Divine Image
8/14/05
God's Good Conspiracy (Romans 8:28)
8/21/05
The Virtue of Acceptance
9/4/05
Prophet on the Run: A Lesson in Compassion
9/11/05
Missing Persons: Changing Perspectives on "the Lost"
9/18/05
Cut the Drama: Witness in the Ordinary
9/25/05
Talk the Walk: Communicating Faith in Everyday Life
10/2/05
"You Don't Say!" Taming the Tongue
10/16/05
The Problem of Evil
10/23/05
A Cry in the Dark (Psalm 88)
10/30/05
Fear No Evil (Psalm 23)
11/13/05
Ooh, That Smell! (Luke 7:36-50)
12/04/05
Bah, Humbug! (Phil. 2:1-16)
12/11/05
The Deeper Magic: Salvation in Narnia
12/18/05
The Parable of "The Polar Express"



2004 Messages
3/7/04
Transforming Presence: Knowing God in the Ordinary
3/14/04
Forever Young: Nurturing a Childlike Faith
3/21/04
Rediscovering Mystery: The Church's Neglected Treasure
3/28/04
Living Paradoxes: The Key to Participating in Divine Mysteries
4/11/04
A Life That Matters: The Existential Significance of the Resurrection
4/18/04
Freedom from the Fast and the Furious
4/25/04
God is in No Hurry: A Glimpse of God's Patience
5/2/04
"I Will Build My Church"
5/9/04
The Missional Church
5/16/04
Picturing Spiritual Community: Temple of the Spirit
5/23/04
Picturing Spiritual Community: Family of God
5/30/04
Jesus is FOR Losers: Learning from Failure
6/6/04
The Path of Perfect Love: Having the Heart of God for the World
6/20/04
Picturing Spiritual Community: Body of Christ
6/27/04
Picturing Spiritual Community: Living the Pictures
7/4/04
Songs of the Heart: Emotional Expression in the Psalms
7/11/04
When God Seems Distant: The Sad Songs of the Bible
7/25/04
Praying Others' Prayers: When Your Own Words Aren't Enough
8/1/04
The Positive Power of Negative Confessions
8/8/04
The Problem of Unanswered Prayers
8/8/04
A Splinter from the Cross
8/29/04
The Road Ahead: The Shape of Things to Come
9/5/04
A Grace-Place: 10 Values that Create a Spiritual Environment
9/19/04
Material Spirituality: Toward a Biblical Understanding of Creation
9/26/04
Moving Together: One Small Step - One Giant Leap
10/3/04
What in the World is Worldliness?
10/10/04
Walking the Wire: In the World But Not Of It
10/17/04
Like the Soul to the Body
11/07/04
The Neverending Story
11/14/04
On "the way" with "the Way"
11/21/04
The Search for Happiness
11/28/04
Nurturing Gratitude
12/05/04
Stages of Faith
12/12/04
The Boring Begats
12/19/04
The Devil's Burden
12/26/04
The Dance of Eternity


Comments

Hi. Thank you for your resources! I stumbled on your site and wanted to find some sermon about Israel, but couldn't find any. It surprised me, because after "God", "Lord", "Jesus", and some other words, "Israel" is one of the most frequent words in the Bible. Blessings. Sandro Ribi, Switzerland Rich: Though I never directly preach about Israel, I always hope to preach the Bible in its historical, social, political, and cultural environment - and that includes the traditions, customs, rituals, and lifestyles of ancient Israel. For this reason, I do my best to present Jesus as a Jew in his Jewish context. Check out, for example, The Jesus Story in Jewish Context, Peaceful Revolution, or Covenantal Piety in Second-Temple Judaism for some examples. Hope this helps a little. Thanks for visiting the site!

Posted by: Sandro at June 23, 2006 2:14 AM

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