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Preaching Old Testament Narratives, and the Danger of the “Homiletical Hermeneutic”

September 29, 2009

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I recently preached a sermon from an Old Testament narrative passage.  Along the way, I came across a helpful section of an article by Daniel Block entitled “Tell Me the Old, Old Story: Preaching the Message of Old Testament Narrative.”* Block attempts to bring clarity to the age-old question, “How does one preach from biblical […]

Losing Christ

September 17, 2009

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It is surprisingly easy to lose Christ.  Somehow, in the mix of schedules and priorities and programs and meetings and burdens and anxieties and responsibilities, the person we love and who so loves us gets lost.  It’s ironic that the blanket of good things that covers and warms our lives also tends to suffocate our […]

A Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

September 14, 2009

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If I were hungry, I would not tell you,    for the world and its fullness are mine. Do I eat the flesh of bulls    or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,    and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day […]

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