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no more amnesty A sermon on information about kingdom consolidation : I suppose the only thing to say about today’s Scripture is, what am I going to do with it?!?! I don’t know if you noticed , but there’s not really anything happening in this passage! There’s no action! Nothing of significance is taking place, not really! Oh sure, David is crowned king of all of Israel. And yes, there’s the no holds barred rejoicing as they take the ark to Jerusalem. But that’s not really all that spicy ! It’d be like saying there’s a war brewing in the Holy Land. It’d be like noting that we’re really going to belt it out when we get to sing, “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty.” Sure, there’s information in those two sentences, but there isn’t much drama to them! Is there? On their own, they’re just facts. And that’s fine and all, but the trouble is, I’ve got to preach an entire sermon here! What am I supposed to do with today’s passage?!? It’s not hard to summarize the gist . After all the twi...

what if it knew you by your name Final sermon on the last three petitions in the Lord's Prayer : Finally, we come to the last sermon in our series on the Lord’s Prayer. Thus far, we’ve taken our time . Covering only eight words in total. But now , for our last sermon, we’re covering three petitions in one shot! Abrupt as this shift may be, it makes sense. The first part of the Lord’s Prayer has dealt with God : God’s name, God’s holiness, and God’s kingdom.   Each one of these final petitions, though, deal with us : “Give US this day our daily bread.” “ Forgive US our sins , for WE ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.” And, “do not bring US to the time of trial .” …The first thing Jesus tells us to pray for, after praying for something as exalted as the hallowing of God’s name and the coming of God’s kingdom , is mundane . “ Daily bread.” For those who imagine God’s holiness and God’s kingdom looks anything like the world defines i...

as everything else will disappoint you A sermon on Jesus' ethic and & parable of forgiveness : Isn’t it strange how what we need the MOST, is ALSO what hardest for us to give? …I’m talking about forgiveness , of course. …Let’s get at this by way of reflection; let’s take thirty seconds to remember a time we were forgiven . Not because we deserved it, but simply because we needed it. Okay? Okay. Go! … *Wasn’t that nice to think about?   Take a little extra time and just soak in how good it feels to remember that. To experience it all, all over again… Okay. Now, think of something YOU need to be forgiven.   It can be something recent or long ago. Whatever jumps to your mind. Since we will all have plenty we need to be forgiven, and our sin is always accusing us; I’m only going to give us fifteen seconds this time. Okay? Okay. Go… … Well, that’s a little less pleasant to remember, isn’t it? But , I want you to hold un...