Ephesians 6.10-17: Some Sermon Notes

This past Sunday (9-6-09) I was able to preach on Ephesians 6.10-17.  I went over a number of scripture texts and someone asked if I would post these on the website.  So here are a few of my notes from the sermon (with a few additions as well!):

Three main points: 1) The Reality of [...]

Some Books on Prayer

With our recent focus on the Lord’s Prayer during our parish meetings I thought it might be helpful to mention a few books on prayer that are worth reading and considering.  Of course, it should go without saying but I’ll say it anyway–not everything in any of these books is infallible!  But these books are [...]

Considering the Heavens

The air waves are full of remembrances of the first moon launch 4o years ago. It still amazes me that we tiny humans put a few men up on that white orb we see most nights. On the radio today I heard again the count down of the launch and it caused me to ponder [...]

The Summing Up of All Things in Christ

We started our journey through Ephesians this last Sunday. We’re calling the series, All Things New in Christ. This is to emphasize the Christ-centered approach of this wonderful book. All the blessings of the heavenly realms (1.3) are mediated through Christ Jesus (1.3-14). All of human history is moving toward God’s great goal of “the [...]

Reciting the Creed

During worship this day we again engaged in that most wonderous practice of communal recitation of the Nicence Creed (yeah, I know, it’s technically the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed with the filoque but that’s a lot to go in the bulletin). I was reminded of the words of Luke Timothy Johnson in his book The Creed: What [...]