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The Way of Compassion 1/19
I am so grateful, and my congregation is so grateful, to be here today with you at First Baptist Church. And I am so […]
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Being a Prophetic Community in Statesville 1/19
(This sermon was preached at First Baptist Church, Garfield Rd, Statesville as a part of the community-wide celebrations held to honor Dr. Martin Luther King) […]
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Seed, Soil and Spirituality
This is the only parable Jesus explained. Parables were stories Jesus told to help us imagine life in the kingdom of God. There were designed […]
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One
Today we look at one of the most dramatic healings/exorcisms in the gospels: the healing of the Geresene demoniac. The Southern novelist Flannery O’Connor wrote […]
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The Bible, Homosexuality and Us
Full disclosure. I have long been an advocate for LGBT persons, for their full inclusion in the church and for their […]
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The Struggle for Truth in America 8/18
There is something alarming going on today: a growing distrust of the truth and a lack of confidence in the “facts”. The President and his […]
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Welcome One Another 8/18
America and the American Church are badly divided these days. Democrat/Republican, liberal/conservative, rich/poor, urban/rural, people of color/white, etc. Our Redness and Blueness is tearing the […]
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The Honda and the Bar Mitzvah 8/18
Can a church be a people of clear Christian identity and at the same time be open to truth found in other religions? Can we […]
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What About the Book of Revelation? 8/19
One of the most persistent of questions to me over the years has been about the strange, terrifying, wonderful and confounding book of Revelation. It […]
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