I wrote a short meditation on I Kings 17:8-16 for Mission Sunday in the Mennonite Church USA, which is Nov. 8th, 2009. Below is an excerpt. If you want the whole thing, as well as some other sermon starters by Mennonite pastors, check out the Mennonite Mission Network’s Mission Sunday webpage.
Elijah becomes a beggar, sent [...]
Entries from October 2009
generosity and mission: 1 Kings 17:8-16
October 27th, 2009 by isaac · No Comments
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a baby’s slave
October 20th, 2009 by isaac · No Comments
I think I’m going to start publishing my full sermons at my church’s website. So, below is an excerpt from the sermon. If you want to read the whole thing, follow this link: A Baby’s Slave. It was a sermon for our baby consecration service.
But Jesus scolds his disciples. “Let the little children come to [...]
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Broken visions
October 12th, 2009 by isaac · No Comments
Title: Broken visions
Texts: Heb 1:1-4, 2:5-12Heb 1:1-4, 2:5-12English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV1
1 Long ago in many ways and at many times God’s prophets spoke his message to our ancestors.
2 Ws . But now at last, God sent his Son to bring his message to us. God created the universe by his Son, [...]Tags: sermons
Re-Membering the Body of Christ
October 2nd, 2009 by Jason · 1 Comment
(below’s a recent sermon I preached. for those interested the podcast & video are on my church’s website)
When my wife and I got married eight years ago we of course thought about using this passage as our text for the service. And why not? It’s all about love (though it doesn’t mention marriage, and actually [...]
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