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Reading Time: 6 minutes What would it be like to have everything work out okay? Imagine making a mistake—or, not even a mistake—imagine things went really bad and you had no control and lost … Continue reading “The Sabbatical Year” a Sermon from Deuteronomy 15.12-18
Reading Time: 6 minutes When we were living in England, a professor at my university named Paul Collier wrote a book called The Bottom Billion. In it, he argues that during the worldwide economic … Continue reading “The Affluent Minority” A Sermon from Proverbs 19.17
Reading Time: 6 minutes The story of Zacchaeus is familiar territory, and familiar stories are dangerous. We tend not to stop and reread them. We come to the beginning of Luke 19 and say … Continue reading “The Repentance of Zacchaeus” Sermon from Luke 19.1-10
Reading Time: 6 minutes Deuteronomy 26.1-11 is available here. The Monkey King (or A Warning Against Following Foolish Leaders) One night the King of the Monkeys noticed a glorious golden moon lying at the … Continue reading “Not Stuff, but Good Stuff” – Sermon from Deuteronomy 26.1-11
Reading Time: 6 minutes Link to the biblical text. This sermon followed the following combined choirs singing “We Shall Overcome”: University Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir, Jubilate, and Charlottesville High School Choirs. You can see … Continue reading “A Different Kind of Mountaintop” – Sermon from Luke 9.28-36