Sermon Library (Page 50)

Sermon Library (Page 50)

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The Gateway to a New World

Luke 3:1-20 For the past several years I have developed a friendship with Nerses Balabanian who is the pastor of the Armenian Congregation Church in San Francisco. Nerses grew up in the ancient city of Aleppo, Syria. He came to the U.S. to study music and theology and then went back to the Middle East and served the Lord as a pastor, school principal and musician for two decades. Last fall we attended a conference sponsored by EMEU (Evangelicals for…

Let Go, and Let God

Luke 2:39-52 The Gospel of Luke is a rich tapestry of Jesus’ life and ministry, intricately woven with stories that present a complete picture of Jesus: both his full divinity and full humanity. We are at the beginning of this story, the upper left corner of the tapestry – if you will. Last week we learned about the “Last New Beginning” – the birth of Jesus Christ. We now come to Jesus’ childhood, the adolescent years on the cusp of…

Embracing the World?

We have been examining the relationships in which we are involved, under the following rubric: In light of who God is, what he has done in Christ, and what he is doing through his Spirit, who we are in relationship to God, to one another, and to the world? We conclude our series today by looking at the third relationship: who are we in relationship to the world? I have entitled this message “Embracing the World?” Note the question mark.…

Embracing One Another

In this in-between time between two major preaching series I am using three weeks to explore the relationships in which we are involved. I am doing so through the vehicle of what I described two weeks ago as my personal mission statement. This serves as the framework for how I think and work. This is the framework for how I seek to grow in my own understanding, for what I am trying to convey when I teach and preach, and…