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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 4W ago

The Right Page of the Right Story

Here is the sermon I preached this morning at Grace Chapel; it was great to see all of our dear friends in Lincoln. Also, if you go to GC, give Mike and Ben a hug sometime – preaching three services … Continue reading →
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 1M ago

Reclaiming the Resurrection

I am certainly not the first person to remark that evangelicals often struggle to know what to do with Easter. Oh, we’re all for the resurrection. We insist that it happened, and write all sorts of books defending its historicity. … Continue reading →
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 1M ago

Good Friday Meditation

Note: This is the meditation I’m giving tonight at our Good Friday service. Text: Luke 22:66-71 It was the dawn of the last day for the Son of Man. The morning sun was stretching into a courtroom already buzzing with … Continue reading →
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 1M ago

Learning to Dance

When I was an awkward teenager I spent a great deal of time trying to figure out ways to get girls to like me – hardly a surprise, I know. Unfortunately, I was a wannabe-punk rocker and part time Dungeon … Continue reading →
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 2M ago

Lies, Damn Lies, and… Well, You Know

Evangelicals love statistics, especially negative ones. The way the church talks, one often thinks the sky is falling. According to “studies”, young people are leaving in droves, Christians are morally indistinguishable from non-Christians, and in all likelihood this will be … Cont...
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 3M ago

Mario and Morning Mercies

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23) I often view my life the same way I remember playing Super Mario Brothers … Continue reading →
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 3M ago

Material Possessions and Bad Dating Relationships

I recently watched a two-hour discussion between a couple of Christian preachers from a big conference. I’ll leave everyone nameless because I’m less interested in who they were than what they discussed. In particular, at one point they entered into … Continue reading →
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 3M ago

What Is (and Isn’t) Legalism

Note: It’s been six months; I’m now a Master of Divinity, a title decidedly more underwhelming in fact than in pretense. Since I now possess some of that mythical resource called “free time”, and since my one-year-old daughter hasn’t proven … Continue reading U...
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 11M ago

He Loves Me Not… (Review: Love Wins)

Rob Bell’s book Love Wins has generated a great deal of controversy in many Christian circles. While I have no desire to jump on the bandwagon of reviews just because everyone else is (I think some of the people freaking … Continue reading →
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A Broken Loaf and a Little Wine · 11M ago

A Reason to Sing

Here is the sermon on Psalm 147 I preached at Grace Chapel on 5/29, if anyone is interested.
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