A Word From My New Research Assistant
Being able to forgive ourselves—our ability to allow God’s amazing grace to uncover, weed out, and heal our guilt and shame—is never easy, but it is critical to our growth as children of God. The following is what the new, improved ChatGBT came up with in terms of articles online that might help—at least in a secular, psychological context. Go ahead and click on the links if you want to follow up.
Anger: It’s Worse Than You Think
You can’t be a faithful practitioner of Christianity if you don’t keep a tight rein on your words and how you share them with others.
Anger & Forgiveness
Reflecting on Ryan's message, and looking forward to sharing "We Do Need An Anger Wrangler" with everyone on June 2. See you on Sunday!
Below you’ll find my Artificial Intelligence response (ChatGPT) to the question: How would you improve the apostle Peter’s Pentecost Sermon from Acts, chapter 2?
Archived Posts
What Was the Crowd Celebrating on Palm Sunday?
I came across this list which feels a little like a "Greatest Hits of Jesus' Ministry". I share it with you today for your inspiration and edification. Enjoy!
The Best Kind of Trouble-maker
While working on this last week’s sermon I was looking through Phillip Yancey’s excellent book—The Jesus I Never Knew—when I came across a section that I found profound. It didn’t quite fit my sermon, but it caught my eye enough that I copied it down.
Practical Tips To Avoid Judging Others
When I research a sermon, such as Sunday’s message on judgmentalism, I always try to think through some practical steps or tips in how to implement God’s desire for our lives. I rustled together a herd of ideas this week and I offer them to you.
The Shepherd, the King, and the Rescuer
God has got a long list of names, but some of those names are better than others. There is a small child who thought God’s name was Harold since the Lord’s Prayer includes the phrase “Hallowed be thy name.” When you think of all the scriptures that are most likely to be memorized you would have to include Psalm 23, The Lord’s Prayer, and John 3:16. The danger for us is our tendency to focus on the wrong thing.
Old Jokes Are The Best Jokes
Sunday morning, we took a look at Jesus’ command to make our enemies into neighbors and loving our neighbors as ourselves. One of the obstacles to doing this is our growing sense of tribalism—whether it’s a political, socio-economic, or even theological tribe.