My new friend and fellow blogger Jason Huffman recently blogged about the Christian buzzword “Relevant” and we had a brief conversation there that I think is worth rehashing and expanding here. The question is this: is it important for the church to be relevant? At first glance, it seems like this might be a trick [...]
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There’s an underlying assumption that goes mostly unnoticed which dramatically affects the nature of so-called Christian preaching: That Christians don’t need to hear the Gospel. At least not with any degree of regularity. They already know the Gospel, many say. Why continue to preach something that they already know?!?! A few rhetorical questions in response: [...]
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I’ve been having an ongoing conversation with someone about the need for preachers to point to Christ in their sermons and I realized that while we both affirmed preachers should do so, we disagree rather emphatically about what it means to do it. So, I thought I’d offer a few thoughts on the matter. To [...]
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Preached the following sermon for The Gathering Student Ministries high school youth group on January 21st, 2010. This is part of our “Family Values” series and I also preached on Community as part of this series. Key verse, of course, is Acts 1:8 Acts 1-8 by Jesse Medina
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I had the opportunity to speak on Sabbath at the Tri-Lakes youth retreat called “Breathe” on January 29th, 2010. The retreat was split into four talks: stop, delight, play, and rest. I spoke on Stop. Audio is below: “Stop (Sabbath)“ Sabbath – Stop by Jesse Medina Key Scriptures: Genesis 2:2-3 Deut. 5:12-15 Exodus 20:8-11 Mark [...]
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I preached the following sermon on November 22nd, 2009 at The Gathering Student Ministries High School youth group. The sermon titled “Lean Not” is the third in a series based around Andy Stanley’s The Principle of the Path. (If you would like to listen to the sermon before this titled “Looking Ahead” click here) Lean [...]
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I preached the following sermon on November 7th, 2009 at The Gathering Student Ministries High School youth group. The sermon titled “Looking Ahead” is the second in a series based around Andy Stanley’s The Principle of the Path. Two apologies: first, the recording ends before the sermon is done by a minute or two…technical problems. [...]
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I preached the following sermon on September 6th, 2009 at The Gathering Student Ministries High School youth group. The sermon titled “Imposter Disciples” was an exploration how three different people viewed discipleship (and their modern application) along how their understandings were fundamentally different from Jesus’. Key Verses: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ [...]
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Click below to listen to the sermon I gave to the Tri-Lakes Chapel high school youth group on May 2nd, 2009 entitled “Not of This World.” To view the slides used for the powerpoint, please click here. I would love to get some feedback from you on what you thought. Feel free to leave comments [...]
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