Category: sacraments

• The Naaman Syndrome

  

  In the days of Elisha, a man named Naaman nearly missed his healing because he despised the rather boring and ordinary means the prophet said would cure him from his deadly disease. Does the church in America today suffer from the same suspicion of the ordinary?

  the_Sermonator

  December 20, 2024

  Bible study, Biblical Interpretation, church leadership, discipleship, ecclesiology, moralism, Practical Theology, sacraments, Systematic Theology

  2 Kings 5, Naaman

• Water, Bread, and Wine

  

  Some unoriginal thoughts on God imparting spiritual blessings through physical means.

  the_Sermonator

  June 1, 2024

  discipleship, forgiveness, Incarnation, Practical Theology, regeneration, sacraments

  baptism, discipleship, Lord's Supper, ordinary Christian life, spiritual formation, the normal Christian life

• Deciphering Christianese: “God really showed up today!”

  

  The one where I challenge a bit of popular Christian slang that undermines the omnipresence of God.

  the_Sermonator

  September 23, 2023

  attributes of God, discipleship, doctrine of God, ecclesiology, false converts, omnipresence, Practical Theology, sacraments, sanctification, the Trinity, vocation

  Christianese, discipleship, God showed up!, Matthew 5:37, ordinary Christian life, the normal Christian life

• Why the hiddenness of God necessitates faith and hope

  

  Musings on the God who hides Himself; how God has chosen to reveal Himself; why these place an absolute limit on the freedom of our will; and how all of this necessitates faith and hope for assurance of salvation.

  the_Sermonator

  September 16, 2023

  assurance, Biblical Interpretation, doctrine of God, Practical Theology, sacraments, Systematic Theology

  faith, free will, hope, Isaiah 45:15