| Master Sermons
The Maker’s Mark Lectionary 7 October 2018 World Communion Sunday 20th Sunday After Pentecost Job 1:1; 2:1-10 Psalm 26 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16 Text to Life Some days it’s “Good morning, God.” Some days it’s “Good God, it’s morning.” Sometimes it seems like...
| Preaching Tips
Allow for space, adaptation, and change in your sermon. Allow pause for the Spirit to speak. If you read your sermon verbatim, or if you are determined to follow it letter by letter, you may miss out on an opportunity for Jesus to lead your sermon right into the...
| Pastor's Prayer |
O that we could begin this day in devout meditations, in joy unspeakable, and in blessing and praising Thee, who hast given us such good hope and everlasting consolation. Lift up our minds above all these little things below, which are apt to distract our thoughts;...
| Open Table |
Bloody Perfidy On Giving Blood by Leonard Sweet Zondervan, 2014 (356 pages) –Review by Guest Reviewer Terry Rankin To be clear from the outset, Sweet’s masterful work in Giving Blood certainly is not the bloody perfidy. On the contrary, the tragedy is that his...
| Master Sermons
Keep on Keeping On –Guest Sermon by Judge Jesse Caldwell 30 September 2018 19th Sunday After Pentecost Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 20-22 Psalm 124 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 Text to Life A former minister of mine, Dr. Richard Crowder said that at staff meetings at a previous...
