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Entries from June 2007

“Do you see this woman?”: a sermon on Luke 7:36-50

June 18th, 2007 by isaac · 4 Comments

Title: “Do you see this woman?”
Texts: Luke 7:36-8:3; Galatians 2:15-21; Psalm 5:1-8.
Date: June 17, 2007
An unknown woman—uninvited, unexpected, suspicious—enters where she doesn’t belong. Unnoticed, she stands in the shadows, behind Jesus, outside the circle of fellowship. She doesn’t even have the dignity of a name, of being named—she’s completely anonymous.

Well, that’s not exactly true. The [...]

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Ecclesiastes & Film

June 15th, 2007 by Jason · 2 Comments

Up until a few years ago I was not a big fan of movies.  Not because I thought they were bad, but I just didn’t see why the two hours wouldn’t be better spent reading a book, and not because I am some great literary aficionado, but because I saw books as being more meaningful.  [...]

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Tags: pop culture · theology

Theology Lectures on the Super-Info Highway

June 12th, 2007 by Jason · No Comments

A few months ago I somehow overcame my aversion to running and started jogging a few times a week. Since I listen to music pretty much constantly during the day while working I’m not that interested in listening to more music while running so I’ve taken to listening to theology lectures/discussions while running. It works [...]

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Tags: technology · theology

“…a dancing God”: a sermon for Trinity Sunday

June 3rd, 2007 by isaac · 5 Comments

I hope it’s ok to say this: I think this is the best sermon I’ve preaching in a while.
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Title: “...a dancing God.”
Texts: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15.
Date: June 3, 2007.

“God was made human that human beings might be made divine”
-Augustine

Trinity Sunday. Why do we need to give one particular Sunday over [...]

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