A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho May 22, 2016 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 Last week, on Pentecost, we spoke of how God empowers our gifts; of how our gifts become more than they are when the Holy Spirit moves among us and inspires us. That same “empower” word is in the Greek…
Today Pope Francis questioned whether or not Donald Trump is a Christian. Pope Francis said, A “person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel. As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or not to…
A sermon preached on Pentecost at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho May 24, 2015 Acts 2:1-21 Ezekiel 37:1-14 I read and preach these texts every year. They are some of my favorite passages of scripture. And just when I think I understand them, and that I’ve got them figured out, the Holy Spirit starts…
Judges 2:6-12, 16-19 A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho November 16, 2014 In our Year of the Bible readings, you won’t read the Book of Judges until Advent, so I’m preaching it a little early. But I wanted us to spend some time with this book. Judges helps us see a…
Much of the talk among my social media church people these days is about what we need to do to get the Millennial Generation back in the church. Rachel Held Evans wrote a piece on cnn.com’s belief blog about it and then responded further here. I am a big fan of her writing, and even…
Governor Mike Huckabee got himself in a heap of trouble after the shootings in Connecticut when he said this: “We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools,” Huckabee said on Fox News, discussing the murder spree that took the lives of 20 children and 6…
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