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Nov 20, 2023

Jesus Plus Nothing Is Enough.

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. I have a bit of a confession to make this morning. I love social media. It’s absolutely horrifying for...

Nov 6, 2023

It Is Finished - John 19:28-30

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes: Back in 2012 there was a fairly famous story that went viral about two long distance runners. Maybe...

Oct 22, 2023

Citizens Of Heaven - Luke 11:37-54

Click HERE for the Sermon notes.. Citizens Of Heaven - 10.22.2023 [Luke 11:37-54] Once upon a time there was a man visiting Shipshewana -...

Oct 19, 2023

Despised and Rejected - John 6:60-69

Click HERE for the sermon notes.. Despised and Rejected When I was growing up, I was one of those weird church kids. I went to public...

Oct 3, 2023

Wall Builders - Malachi 3

Click HERE for the sermon notes.. Back in 2020, the summer of the pandemic - a lot of people picked up new hobbies. For my wife - her new...

Sep 21, 2023

More Than Meets The Eye - Esther 4

Click here for the sermon notes.. See if this sounds familiar. You live your life, you try to be a good person. You’ve been to church,...

Sep 12, 2023

The Problem Of Pain

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This time I’d like to talk...

Sep 12, 2023

The Screw Tape Letters

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This time I’d like to talk...

Sep 9, 2023

The King Of Kings [Daniel 7]

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. Let’s talk about dreams for a second. I never remember my dreams. I’m sure I have them, but I wake up -...

Sep 5, 2023

De-Escalating Disciples: The Example Of Jesus In A Polarized World

De-escalation. It’s such a buzz word in our current culture, and yet it has such potent implications for followers of Jesus in the modern...

Sep 2, 2023

A Watchman For The People [Ezekiel 33-34]

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. A long time ago in a galaxy far away called the Discovery Channel, there was an old TV show called...

Aug 20, 2023

Vine Among The Trees - Ezekiel 15:1-8

Click HERE to get the sermon notes (PDF) Vine Among The Trees - 08.20.2023 [Ezekiel 15:1-8] One of the things that I haven’t talked about...

Aug 15, 2023

All My Knotted Up Life

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This time I’d like to talk...

Aug 15, 2023

Preachers'N'Sneakers

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This time I’d like to talk...

Aug 12, 2023

Divine Discipline [Jeremiah 30:1-11]

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes PDF.. When I was a kid, my parents were really strict. Dad was a pastor, my mom was a dentist - so there...

Aug 6, 2023

God and Neighbor - 2 Kings 23

Click HERE for the PDF Notes.. There’s an old story about a bishop who was visiting a church in California. And he looked on the way, and...

Aug 4, 2023

The Upside Down Kingdom

*The following is my manuscript that I used for a message delivered to the opening worship of Family Camp at Bayshore Camp. Based on...

Jul 18, 2023

The Bubble Effect

When my wife and I first got married we lived in and around Chicago. At one point we lived out in the western suburbs, but I was going to...

Jul 16, 2023

The Pilgrim Psalms - Psalm 118

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. The Pilgrim Psalms Psalm 118:19-29 Do you have to go to church to be a good Christian? How many times?...

Jul 11, 2023

The Insights of Mean Girls

One of the quintessential movies of my high school years was the high school comedy “Mean Girls.” Written by Tina Fey back in 2004, and...

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