Congregation
I am a Baptist. Each Sunday I preach from the texts of the revised common lectionary. What's wrong with this picture? These are not contradictory statements, believe it or not. Although I come from a free church, and not a liturgical tradition, I choose my preaching text each
Sermons
I've just posted my sermon for Sunday, October 28, 2007. The title is Faith Puts You in Your Place and the lectionary text is the story of the Pharisee and the tax collector from Luke 18:9-14. Have a great day Sunday!
Sermons
I'm not preaching this week because we have a missions speaker this Sunday. But, here's a sermon I enjoyed preaching last year on the story of "blind Bartimaeus." It's titled, Jesus, Help! from Mark 10:46-52.
Sermon Illustrations
I just posted, You Don't Need More Faith, my sermon for Sunday, Oct 7, 2007, taken from Luke 17:5-10. Click here to go to my sermon blog. Have a great day tomorrow! -- Chuck
Community
I read yet another article today on "How You Can Make Worship More....Something." I forget exactly what the author said, but it amounted to doing better music, preaching better sermons, screening better videos, and so on. Which is really not reinventing worship at all. Frankly, there'
Congregation
I just realized that in almost 70 posts so far, we haven't talked about worship, which is a pretty big oversight on my part. Why? Because I think worship is the most important hour of the week for the small church. Here's why: 1. The entire