Tag: ordinary Christian life
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Mary and Martha: Discipleship and church culture
What does the story of Martha and Mary teach us about cultivating a church culture, and the kind of disciples church cultures will produce?
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Defining Discipleship: Romans 12:1 and Ephesians 4:11-16
Discipleship is what happens when the words of Romans 12:1 and Ephesians 4:11-16 become flesh in the lives of ordinary. everyday sainted sinners.
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If all we needed were …
Jesus once asked His disciples: “Who do you say I am?” He still asks that question. What answer are we giving? Is there any Good News in it?
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Deciphering Christianese: “God really showed up today!”
The one where I challenge a bit of popular Christian slang that undermines the omnipresence of God.
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Teach us to Number our Days: A Sermon on Psalm 90
It’s back-to-school time, and already our kids are counting down the days until summer vacation, or graduation. But Psalm 90 teaches us to number our days, not in view of summer vacation or graduation, but eternity.
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My “Confession,” or scattered notes on how to live as an ordinary, messy saint
The one where I, an unimpressive minister with ADHD, assure ordinary, unimpressive Christians that Jesus will meet them among the pots and pans of their messy kitchens.
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Christ, the Shepherd of our Souls (a sermon from Psalm 23)
Manuscript of my most recent sermon, a Christ-centered exposition of the Twenty-Third Psalm.
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The Lord’s Supper, the way the good Lord intended (a sermon on Ecclesiastes 9:7-8)
The Lord’s Supper the way the Good Lord intended is much more than a memorial. It is a communion with the living Christ. By His grace, we are able to eat the bread with gladness and drink the cup with cheerful hearts, because God accepts our works, and the blood of Christ keeps our garments…
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Saved by grace, through faith, for works (Ephesians 2:8-10)
To rightly understand the Gospel, you have to keep your prepositions in order. A sermon on Ephesians 2:8-10.
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Evening and morning: how Day One of creation foreshadows the Christian life
The one where I talk about how the ordering of the first day of creation—first evening, then morning—foreshadows what God is doing through the Gospel.
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