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Posted on: Wednesday, 21 July 2010 03:04
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The Study of Theology is Coming to St. John
One of the positive traits that St. John is known for is that we are a teaching church.For our Sunday school this fall we will be venturing into the exciting watersof theology. This is an audacious move given how rarely churches incorporatetheology...
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Posted on: Thursday, 24 June 2010 01:14
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EPIC (Experiencing Passion in Christ), the week-long high school youth event here at St. John, is in process even as I write on this the afternoon of June 23. It started Sunday night, with over 40 teens and a host of adult leaders and mentors. About half the group is from St. John, with youth...
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Posted on: Saturday, 12 June 2010 02:53
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More and more, as our society becomes post-Christian, people are asking this. So let me try to answer this question with a little list of mini-answers: 1. Scripture tells us to keep the Sabbath holy, which means, among other things, to gather with other believers to worship, listen to and...
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Posted on: Friday, 04 June 2010 19:41
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A colleague asked a number of us recently that question. It was a good question. Too often we get numbed into thoughtless routine. My reply was that we are worshipping corporately, as God commands his people to do every Lord's Day. We are gathering to hear his Word and enjoy His...
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Posted on: Friday, 28 May 2010 21:17
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I am writing a chapter this week on Jonathan Edwards and hell. Edwards preached perhaps the most famous American sermon--"Sinners in the hands of angry God"--which actually focused more on God's mercy holding us up out of hell than the nature of hell itself. It makes me think about the...
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Posted on: Friday, 14 May 2010 00:44
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Our dear brother in the Lord, Howard Zerbst, died early this morning after a brief illness. Howard would have celebrated his 90th birthday in September, and really this was the first serious illness of his life. He always gave God thanks for blessing him so deeply; Howard knew from whom all...
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Posted on: Monday, 19 April 2010 19:43
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Yesterday in the adult community group Sunday morning Bible study, one of the participants raised an interesting point. He was reflecting on the volcano in Iceland currently spewing ash and debris high into the atmosphere and said he was struck by all the comments in the public media about how...
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Posted on: Tuesday, 23 March 2010 22:00
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Pastor Mark Graham came into my office today and asked me how my day was and, without hesitation, I told him that it was great. After he left, I asked myself why I thought my day was great. I hadn’t won the lottery, the Oscar, Grammy, World Cup, Masters, Wimbledon, Superbowl, or any of the...
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Posted on: Saturday, 06 March 2010 03:18
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As many of you know, I am laboring this year on a huge book surveying the theology of Jonathan Edwards. Michael McClymond (who did the weekend for us a few years ago on revival) and I are co-authoring a 48-chapter tome, which amounts to roughly one chapter every two weeks for each of...
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Posted on: Tuesday, 02 March 2010 02:46
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Ran into a fellow believer recently who has been struggling with some of the church issues here in the congregation. She's still not sure what to think about our leaving the ELCA and affiliating with LCMC. I know folks have a great variety of thought about these past months of crisis...
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Posted on: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 04:58
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Welcome to our pastors' blog page! Elijah, Gerry, and I look forward to posting comments and observations here as we live into the presence of God and the kingdom that has come near in Jesus Christ. We pray you will find them helpful or provocative or perhaps even challenging. If you would like...
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