Zacharias_and_Mary.mp3 Listen on Posterous ChristmasChristmas is a lot of things to a lot of people. Some celebrate family. Some celebrate gifts. Some celebrate a terrifying old man in a blood red suit who sneaks into our homes at night. Some celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Many celebrate a confused mixture of all these things. They no […]
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Thanksgiving_Feast.mp3 Listen on Posterous Some Thanksgiving blessings from Matthew 26:26-29: 1. Jesus comes to usThe Jews knew a fearsome, holy, powerful, transcendent God. At the last supper (and many other times), this same God ate bread and drank wine with them… Remember, God doesn’t demand that you figure out how to reach him, he comes to you in the
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Solomon was way smarter than you. And way more successful. And probably much better looking. One day he decided to apply his intellect, success, (and good looks?) to figure out everything*. Here’s what he came up with: Everything is pointless, like trying to tackle a gust of wind.** Take a sip of that with your morning
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Pray!.mp3 Listen on Posterous The ArmoryA sermon series designed to prepare us for a new season of ministry at Dulins Grove. Sunday we completed the series with Ephesians 6:18-20. Now what?We’ve spent a billion weeks studying the armor of God, piece by piece. Now what? Now that we have all this spiritual armor on, what do we
Salvation_and_Word.mp3 Listen on Posterous The Armory A sermon series designed to prepare us for what’s to come (hopefully a season of intense disciple-making!). It’s a study Ephesians 6:10-20 and we’re almost done – I promise! Ephesians 6:17 describes the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. The
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Faith.mp3 Listen on Posterous The ArmoryA sermon series designed to prepare us for what’s to come (hopefully a season of intense disciple-making!). Ephesians 6:16 describes the shield of faith, which we need desperately. So Abstract!Why can’t we have a tangible, magical shield? What is faith anyway? Faith is confidence in god (read Hebrews 11:1 to double