It’s Easter! Aren’t we finished with the tomb of Jesus by the time we get to Easter Sunday? Can’t we leave behind the gory events in Jesus’s last days, and focus on the resurrection now? This Easter, I am suggesting that we follow the example of Mary Magdalene who stayed at the empty tomb that [...]
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Archive | April, 2011
Palm Sunday Sermon: What Kind of King Did You Expect?
April 16, 2011
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If Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was triumphal on Palm Sunday, what went wrong less than a week later? Why did the crowds who adored Jesus on Sunday, turn on him by Friday of that week? And what choice does Palm Sunday present to us today? In this sermon, I’ll try to answer those questions and [...]
Read moreWhen You Pray: Seek Guidance and Protection
April 9, 2011
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When Jesus taught his disciples The Lord’s Prayer, he included what might seem like a strange phrase — “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Does God tempt us to do wrong? If not, why should we pray this part of the Model Prayer? Tomorrow as I preach this sermon, I [...]
Read moreThe Return of $4 Gas and Other Woes
April 5, 2011
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It is obvious that gas prices are rising quickly again. In 2007-8, I wrote several posts on the prospects of gasoline hitting $4-$5 per gallon – you can read those posts here, here, and here. We were well on the way to those numbers in the United States, and then the bottom fell out of the [...]
Read moreWhen You Pray: Forgive and Be Forgiven
April 2, 2011
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Did Jesus really mean that God would not forgive us unless we forgive others? And, if so, what does this do to the idea that salvation is by grace through faith, not by works? Join me as we look at this passage from The Lord’s Prayer today. When You Pray: Forgive and Be Forgiven Matthew [...]
Read moreBlood on his hands
April 1, 2011
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Terry Jones has blood on his hands today. Jones is pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, where the Quran was burned after being “tried” by Jones and his church in a mock court. The Quran was found “guilty” and, after being soaked in kerosene, was burned. News of the event trickled out [...]
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