Yesterday was my first time preaching a sermon from the book of Jonah. There’s a reason that we’ve decided to go through the book of Jonah at this particular time. Our church is now more than two years past our unification and new identity as GracePointe. We’ve come a long way since those first times of meeting and worshipping together. But I think all of our Elders sense a need for our “Passion Statement” to be more than just a slogan. It needs to truly represent our passion… Continue reading
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“Same-Sex Marriage?”
This was quite possibly the hardest, busiest, most exhausting week of my pastoral ministry up to this point (for a variety of reasons, including a situation that required A LOT of pastoral attention). It’s a good thing I was scheduled to preach this sermon on an easy subject like same-sex marriage!
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When Sinners Say “I Do” (Genesis 3)
Total depravity is a really fun way to talk about marriage! In my second sermon in a series on marriage, I decided to explore how our sinfulness intersects with married life. Continue reading
“Marriage: It’s Not What You Think!” (Genesis 1-2)
After spending quite a bit of time thinking and writing about marriage in preparation for my ordination process, I was excited to preach the first sermon in our new series on marriage to start 2015. Arizona, of course, legalized same-sex marriage a few months ago. That fact along with a need in our own congregation to strengthen marriages led us to address the topic. My goal in this first sermon was to help us grasp the overall purpose of marriage as seen in God’s design in Genesis 1-2, so that we might rejoice in and worship Him. Hopefully the rest of the series will build on this foundation to God’s glory in Christ!
[Note: I realized after preaching this sermon that I was a bit unclear at one point… Continue reading