The writer of the book of Hebrews was a great stylist. He knew how to work allusion and metaphor. His vivid references to Old Testament imagery and characters makes a pivotal turn as he moves from chapter eleven into twelve. Chapter eleven is that seeming homage to the great hall of faith: from Abel through [...]
The members of Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Asheboro, voted on February 22, 2012, to call me as their first North American Lutheran Church pastor. I will be ordained and installed on Sunday, May 6th at 2pm, at Saint John’s Lutheran Church, 505 South Park Street, Asheboro, NC 27203. Susan and I, and the members of Saint [...]
December 29, 2011 – 9:30 am
You will not need flash cards and you will not need to take tests. You will however, learn The Lord’s Prayer in the language of the New Testament, Koine Greek. You will also learn part of John 1 and Revelation 1. Along the way, you will learn the Greek alphabet, many Greek words, how to [...]
September 2, 2011 – 9:42 am
I saw this broken paver while on outreach Thursday night. For some reason, it made me think of Ohio. And then at a beginning of the year party for where Susan works… …broken sidewalk at this old Duke family mansion: Here are some more photos from that party. It was a gathering of five departments [...]
Susan was proud, I guess. She had the family over after graduation and had set up this little display for them to see. The display should have been showing off her feats, and I would have made such a table except, how do you illustrate what she did? That woman was a huge support and [...]
December 7, 2010 – 6:58 pm
The following post is going around Facebook… Your car is Japanese. Your beer is German. Your wine is Spanish. Your democracy is Greek. Your coffee is Colombian. Your tea is Chinese. Your watch is Swiss. Your fashion is French. Your shirt is Indian. Your shoes are Thai. Your radio is Korean. Your vodka is Russian. [...]
Prayed at this afternoons service… As your people in ancient times said, YaHWeH eka rophe, we say today, “Lord our healer,” and thank you for being present with us this day, and with families across this county and country who still hurt because of the loss of a loved one who served us. Be our [...]
I thought my church had an auto-renewal deal with the company that produces children’s bulletins. I had asked it to be set up that way when I last renewed and thought it was no problem, that it would continue that way with the card on file until I canceled. But then statements started coming in [...]
March 28, 2010 – 11:40 am
“Form Follows Function” Philippians 2:5-11 a sermon preached March 28, 2010 One of my favorite characters in a novel or movie is Howard Roark of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. Ironically it was a best-selling novel in 1943. It is ironic not only because it was rejected by 12 publishers but because it is about a [...]
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“We’ve Got to Do Something About This” Philippians 3:4b-14 a sermon preached March 21, 2010, at Graham Friends Last Sunday the worship team was practicing before Sunday School when Christian Corbett came into the sanctuary. The expression on his face was serious, even concerned. He had been upstairs with his sister and she had evidently [...]
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