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Another Sunday, another sermon. I think this one flopped. I’m not sure I communicated very well. Oh well.
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Title: “…he suffered…”
Date: 2/25/07
Texts: Luke 4:1-12; Deut. 26:1-11

How human was Jesus? And when we say that Jesus was or is human, what are we saying? What does it mean to be human?

Soren Kierkegaard tells a story about a [...]

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Prayer is a very important part of our worship services. Every week different people take turns praying for us and with us. At the beginning of the service we have a congregational prayer that reflects on our lectionary passages and the world around us. Later in the service we have a time for individuals to [...]

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We had our Ash Wednesday service this evening. Below is the short sermon I prepared, but did not preach. For some reason I decided not to preach it as I sat there listening to the passages read during the service. But I thought I’d post it nonetheless. I mean, what else am I going to [...]

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The churches in Chapel Hill, NC tried a pulpit exchange this year. I preached at the Baptist church in town, and the pastor of the United Church of Christ preached at our church. It was a great idea—grassroots ecumenism.

Anyhow, below is the sermon I preached. Three passages from three different theologians were in the back [...]

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I’m finishing up my sermon for tomorrow and a quote flashed through my head—something I read a while ago. It’s from the end of Albert Schweitzer’s masterpiece on the historical Jesus. It’s a poetic and existential exegesis of our lectionary passage for tomorrow: Luke 5:1-11.
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as [...]

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