Does evangelical mean anything? Is the enneagram a type of horoscope? How do I keep exercising when I am busy? Is religion ending? And a few more things for your weekend perusal.
Week on the Web – 27 September 2019
Sermon Notes – 25 August 2019 – Vision Series – We Love the Church
What keeps us from loving the church? Is it necessary to be part of a church to be a Christian? Why does church matter?
Dear West – 7 March 2019
It doesn’t really matter where you are coming from, what matters is where God says you are going. Your past restrictions, because of your sin, don’t have to eliminate you from your inheritance as a son or daughter and from your citizenship in the new Jerusalem.
Sermon Notes – 29 April, 2019 – Matthew 6:9-10 – “As Above, So Below”
What does it mean to pray, "Your Kingdom Come?"
Sermon Notes – 10 March 2019, Matthew 5:38-42 – “Cheek Turning, Tunic Giving, Two Mile Going Grace”
This sermon was preached at the Downtown PM service at The Austin Stone. Audio and video from the sermon are available here. Matthew 5:38-42 – “Cheek Turning, Tunic Giving, Two Mile Going Grace” Intro: Evening, if you have your bibles, Matthew 5:38 is where we will be. Continuing in our study of The Gospel According to... Continue Reading →
Sermon Notes – 3 March 2019, Matthew 5:33-37: Sacred Swearing
What does it mean to live a life of radical truth telling? What does it mean for our yes to mean yes and our no to mean no?
Sermon Notes – 25 November 2018 – Blessed are the Persecuted (Matthew 5:10-12)
We are very quick to point out how we don’t want to be jerks for Jesus, but then we just default to being cowards vaguely associated with Christ. Those aren’t our only two options.
The Clutter and The Call: Artists and the Church
When profiteering replaces prophecy as the outcome for the creative mouthpieces of our churches, then we lose our voice in the world.
Sermon Notes – 7 October 2018 – Blessed are the Poor in Spirit: Matthew 5:3
God meets with people right at the end of their ropes. He stands to meet us right at the end of the runway of our own capabilities and self-assuredness.
