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Counterfeit Gods: A Reflection from Julie Pfister
It’s Ash Wednesday, the day the Lenten season begins. Lent is a time when we imitate Jesus’ own time of testing in the wilderness by confronting the sin and idols in our own lives. We will observe Lent...
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Your Worth Isn’t Determined By___________________.
This weekend we begin our Lenten sermon series, Counterfeit Gods. We’ll be talking all through Lent about the idols in our lives. No, idols aren’t inanimate totems (aka: Golden Calfs) that we stupidly...
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The Church VS The Hall of Fame
We’re beginning our Lenten sermon series this weekend on Counterfeit Gods. It’s a series on idolatry and, by extension, justification. Two topics that have me thinking about this article I read about...
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Counterfeit Gods: A Reflection from Julie Pfister
We’re continuing our Lenten Sermon Series, Counterfeit Gods, this weekend. Here’s another reflection from Julie Pfister on Tim Keller’s book by the same title. I’d like to pick up from where I left off...
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Top Ten Things I’ve Learned About Marriage: #10
This week for our Lenten Sermon Series, Counterfeit Gods, I’ve been studying the soapy, Jerry Springer-esque story of Jacob, Rachel and Leah in Genesis 29-30. Talk about a train wreck of a...
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Love: It’s Not All You Need
Here is the manuscript of this weekend’s sermon for our Lenten Series, Counterfeit Gods. Unfortunately the text itself doesn’t convey the sermon and the video recording didn’t work out. You can listen...
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Top Ten Things I’ve Learned about Marriage: #6
I’ve been married nearly a dozen years. I’ve performed I don’t know how many weddings, presided over even more pre-marital counseling sessions and refereed an equal amount of relationships as they were...
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Top Ten Things I’ve Learned about Marriage: #5
I’ve been married nearly a dozen years. I’ve performed I don’t know how many weddings, presided over even more pre-marital counseling sessions and refereed an equal amount of relationships as they were...
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Counterfeit Gods: A Reflection from Julie Pfister
I waited patiently for Jason to post his last sermon – the one with the glasses of water. I immediately sent it to my son and his fiancé who are recently engaged. While their relationship is amazing...
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Counterfeit Gods: A Reflection from Julie Pfister
I would rather die than go back to being the person that I was. I taught my children to lie. Of course I told them to tell the truth, but I taught them how to lie. I had to. I was protecting my way of...
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By the Book
Here’s my sermon on ‘Forgiveness’ for our Lenten Series on Idolatry, Counterfeit Gods. You can listen to the sermon in the ‘Listen’ widget on this page or download for free in the iTunes Library, under...
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Questions about Forgiveness: Does It Mean We Have to Stay Friends?
This past weekend as part of our Lenten Sermon Series on Idolatry, Counterfeit Gods, I taught from Matthew 18. That’s the chapter where you’ll find Jesus’ double-dog dare command that we should forgive...
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Counterfeit Gods: A Reflection from Julie Pfister
I feel a little bit like Esau – betrayed and with a score to settle. I know she didn’t mean to do it, but my sister pulled a Jacob. A very difficult family situation feels like a tragedy and a tragedy...
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Questions about Forgiveness: How?
This past weekend as part of our Lenten Sermon Series on Idolatry, Counterfeit Gods, I taught from Matthew 18. That’s the chapter where you’ll find Jesus’ double-dog dare command that we should...
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Political Partisanship vs Civility
Yesterday afternoon, Dennis (my associate pastor for those of you outside the congregation) let me know he couldn’t preach this weekend after all. So I’m up at the plate this weekend as we continue...
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Jesus is Not a Personal Savior
This weekend for our Counterfeit Gods sermon series we’re tackling the idol of politics. Sigh. I can already imagine what my inbox will be like on Monday morning. As a pastor, I frequently hear from...
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The Politics of Jesus
Here’s this weekend’s sermon for our Counterfeit Gods series on idolatry. You can download the sermon here or in the iTunes Library under ‘Tamed Cynic.’ You can listen to it on this blog, to the right...
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Jesus’ Politics
This weekend we continued our Counterfeit Gods sermon series by exploring how partisan politics can be an idol, taking away from our ultimate allegiance to Christ. Here’s a great post from Darrell Dow...
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Counterfeit Gods: A Reflection from Julie Pfister
Shudder – to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold. That moment when you want to find the nearest cave and just stay there awhile – or maybe longer…. Do you ever...
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Top Ten Things I’ve Learned About Marriage: #10
This week for our Lenten Sermon Series, Counterfeit Gods, I’ve been studying the soapy, Jerry Springer-esque story of Jacob, Rachel and Leah in Genesis 29-30. Talk about a train wreck of a...
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