Sermons

The Jeremiah Option

A sermon given at the Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church Camp Meeting – August 6, 2017. Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 Well, here we are—our second annual Camp Meeting worship service! They say if you do something once it’s an event, but doing it twice makes it a tradition. This is one tradition of our church that I’m …

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Our True Citizenship

We are “citizens of heaven” but our home and work is here where the King ultimately dwells. Philippians 3:17-4:1 This week we will celebrate the 241st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—the day when the British colonies in America chose to throw off the yoke of monarchical colonialism and become their own nation (or, at …

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Living Stones

Luke 19:29-44 The road from Jericho to Jerusalem winds for about 15 miles up through the hot and dusty Judean desert. Today we travel it by bus or car, but in the first century the road was treacherous and an arduous journey by foot, given that it’s about a 4,000 foot elevation change over those …

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Up a Tree

Luke 19:1-10 When you’re a kid, the presence of a great tree with lots of low branches was a certain invitation to climb up and see the world from a greater height. Of course, falling from that great height often leads to one of the first childhood trips to the emergency room and a cast …

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The Lazarus Effect

Luke 16 If you’ve been following closely as we’ve made our journey through the Gospel of Luke, one of the things you’ve likely noticed is that the use of money is a major theme throughout. In fact, Luke gives us the impression that God’s preference is toward the poor over and against the rich. Think …

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Listen to Him!

Luke 9:28-45 One of the disadvantages to using a lectionary for preaching is that it tends to skip over significant portions of Scripture in order to highlight certain texts for preaching. The problem is that no text exists in isolation from that which comes before and after it. As I have often said, context is …

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