Saturday, March 24, 2012

No Throwaway People

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"If my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up" (Psalm 27:10). For God, there are no throwaway people! God give...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Cut Off What?

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This past Sunday, a young member of the congregation had a question. "Pastor," he said, "I've been reading the New Testam...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Tebow Jets Deal May Be a Disaster...But Not Because He's a Christian

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Tim Tebow is going to the New York Jets. There are legitimate questions about whether Tebow can be an effective quarterback in the NFL. It...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

How You Can Keep Anger from Controlling Your Life

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Anger isn't always wrong. This is important for Christians to know . But, as a way of life, it's destructive to our health and to ...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Whining in the Wilderness

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[This was shared during worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio , earlier today.] Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:1...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

"Mainline Churches Are in Denial"

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The problem with declining mainline churches (like my own Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and growing, non-denominational megachurc...

How a Former Atheist Proves You Should Never Stop Praying

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My great grandmother was a wonderful person and I adored her! She was the first adult who ever spoke to me as though I were an adult. She ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

How Can Jesus Expect Me to Be "Perfect"?

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We've just started reading the New Testament in year at Saint Matthew, then getting together to discuss the week's readings during h...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

What Was Jesus So Mad About?

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[This is the sermon that was prepared for delivery during worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio , earlier ...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Anger and How God Can Turn It Into Love

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As Jesus' behavior in tomorrow's Gospel lesson (John 2:13-22) will remind us, there are times when it's OK for us to get angry. ...
Friday, March 09, 2012

Life Isn't Like 'Let's Make a Deal'

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"Good works are not the means of salvation but the result." That sentence comes at the end of today's installment of Our Dai...
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Thursday, March 08, 2012

Read the New Testament with Us This Year!

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Yesterday, our congregation finished reading the entire Bible in a year at a pace of three chapters a day, twenty-one chapters a week. Both...

Why I Cringe When Presidents Say, "God Bless America"

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In recent years, it's become standard practice for our presidents, Republican and Democrat, to end their speeches with variations on the...
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Have Your Say...Bruce Springsteen's 'Wrecking Ball'

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I used to be a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. And I caught the bug before TIME and Newsweek magazines both featured him on their front cover...
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The Kirk Cameron Firestorm (Preceded by Some Cameron Caveats)

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But first, a set of Cameron caveats... Actor and evangelist Kirk Cameron has gotten a lot of flack for his comments on homosexuality, off...
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Sunday, March 04, 2012

Radical Problem, Radical Therapy

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[This was shared during worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio , earlier today.] Mark 8:31-38 Imagine a ...
Saturday, March 03, 2012

"Post-Birth Abortions"?

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That's what two academic ethicists in Australia are advocating . The prefer the term "post-birth abortion" to infanticide. G...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

The Love We Need to Face the Wilderness

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[This, as near as I can recall, is the sermon I shared this morning during worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan...