May 31, 2009
Listen as Pastor Chris talks about sex within marriage, the purpose and God’s will.
Resources:
1 Corinthians 7:1-7
Delivering Grace to the World of Domestic Violence
May 31, 2009
“Do you think I hit my wife?”
“Yes.”
“I have never hit my wife. Why would I ever do that?”
“Because she talks mean to you…because she doesn’t cook your food right.”
This was the conversation taking place in my van on Saturday as I drove some of the neighborhood children to and from a local museum. It [...]
An Invitation to See More of God on Sunday Morning
May 22, 2009
A few weeks ago I asked you to consider attending one of the two Sunday School classes that meets each Sunday morning at 9:30. One is our parenting class, where we are reading and discussing Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel. If you are a parent seeking to raise your child in a gospel-centered home, I hope [...]
Lost in the Larger Story
May 17, 2009
For nearly five months now I have attempted to keep a retaining wall around my rising engagement with the television show Lost when it comes to sermon illustrations or articles. Since Wednesday evening’s episode was the last of the year, I thought I could indulge one article for musing on the parallels between the fictitious mythology of Lost and, [...]
The Idea of Abortion and the Fact of Abortion
May 10, 2009
This week I heard an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air that gave me a glimmer of hope that abortion will one day be unthinkable. Terry Gross was interviewing Ayelet Waldman-a mother, writer, and former attorney-when she asked about her brand of feminism compared to her mother’s feminism.
Waldman (born in 1964) turned to the example of [...]
Memory Verses for May 09
May 5, 2009
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a [...]
Three Things I have Learned from Sophia
May 3, 2009
Three years ago, on April 30, 2006, I heard an excited scream as I walked into our house after church. Rachael was checking our phone messages, and heard that the birthmother with whom we were matched had gone into early labor and that our little girl had been born at Tucson Medical Center. Since then, [...]