the Essays & Reflections
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Aesthetics – Thoughts on True Art from Sayers
I have been working through a great book by mid-century literary scholar Dorothy Sayers (Wikipedia) that touch on the topic of art and expression. They were very meaningful so I thought I would quote a portion below, if you want to read the work it’s called ‘Toward a Christian Esthetic‘ in the book Letters to
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A Charismatic and Incarnational Faith?
I’ve been spending a lot of time this summer asking myself the question: ‘What would a charismatic and incarnational faith look like?’ On the surface this is an easy question to answer and we could say that the incarnation means that we would be the means through which the power and spirit of God will
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Sermon: Arrival
A week and a half ago we had our very first meeting of Ignite on May 9th (this will be the monthly college rally for students in the twin cities and at substance church starting this fall). The whole idea of this night was to give a taste of what we hope to do this
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Sermon: The Untold Story of Zacchaeus
This morning I was honored by the chance to preach at Minnesota Teen Challenge to a room full of men working on real life change. The passage is Luke 19:1-10 and this is probably my best sermon I’ve given to date. Please check it out, enjoy it, and let me know your thoughts (email or
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Sermon: Experiencing God’s Love
This is the second and final sermon I needed to give for my Preaching Practicum course that I took this summer. It was this past Sunday (8/16/09) that I had the opportunity to Preach at Eden Prairie Presbyterian Church (www.eppc.com). I preached from John chapter 14 verses 23-27 and this was the second and final
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Sermon: Living Beyond Yourself
I just finished up 9 straight days of class, 8+ hours a day. While it was very intense and time consuming it was a great experience, though one i don’t think I will need to repeat. I took my first Old Testament course (OT501) on Genesis – Ruth, and then immediately rolled into my Preaching
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Thoughts on Post-Modernism from Erwin McManus
Found a talk given by Erwin McManus through iTunes. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Erwin leads Mosaic church out in LA. ‘The reason I can take you through this time is not because I’ve studied this theoretically, not because I’ve read a thousand books, or not because I’ve written one. But because I
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Sermon: How should we love?
This sermon was given during a preaching course at Bethel Seminary (CP720, you should take it!). The context was given to me after my first sermon in the course. I was to be preaching the Sunday after the tragic death of two youth in our church. Not the best context to preach into (I was
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Sermon: Answering God’s Call…
Topic: Answering God’s Call to ServicePreacher: Jennifer Horton and Paul PrinsDate: August 28, 2005 Summary:Some biblical examples of God’s calling paired with a current example of Paul Prins’ calling into ministry in France this next year. What are some basic steps to work through in order to understand your calling. Download MP3 (19 megs)