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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/08/14 By Barry Leave a Comment

Temptation and deliverance

I filled in for the Rev. Norma Holtslander, my stepmom, at First Baptist Place this evening. She has been going through the Lord’s Prayer phrase by phrase and when she was unable to be at the service, I got to do Matthew 6:13 which reads: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from […]

Filed Under: Preaching Tagged With: community, deliverance, evil, filling in, First Baptist Place, Lord's Prayer, preaching, temptation

2019/07/28 By Barry Leave a Comment

The same but different

One of the most familiar passages of Scripture in all of Scripture is the Lord’s Prayer. About the only passage I can think of which might be better known is Psalm 23. I have a recollection of when I was growing up we recited the Lord’s Prayer in school, I am disinclined to weigh in […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: "teach us how to pray", Lord's Prayer, prayer, praying, preaching

2016/07/24 By Barry Leave a Comment

Prayer

This week’s sermon title is “Let’s talk prayer” which means it could be preached virtually any Sunday 🙂 In this case, the Lectionary has us looking at Luke 11 where the so-called shorter Lord’s Prayer is found. The passage continues to verse 13 which means it includes a couple of Jesus’ funniest illustrations as well […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: egg, fish, Lord's Prayer, persistence, pray, prayer, preaching, scorpion, snake, stone

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