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What Beloved Community Can Look Like
“A Template for Beloved Community” Acts 2:42-47 Delivered to a combined worship service with Evergreen Baptist Church and Church for the Highlands Sunday, January 19, 2014 John Henson I don’t have a manuscript for this post, as I preached this sermon from an outline I made of my thoughts and of various illustrations, which […]
“Children of Resurrection” sermon from Sunday
Message Manuscript for “Children of the Resurrection” Luke 20:27-38 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, November 10, 2013 Audio of sermon is here One of the worst nightmares a parent can have is to find out their child has been kidnapped. Imagine having this happen at the hospital, just after […]
Catching Up on Posts
It’s been a busy summer thus far and I have not kept up with my weekly posts. I’m posting all three individually so I can find them in the future.
“The Truth of How God Feels about You” from Trinity Sunday
“The Truth of How God Feels about You” Sermon Delivered to Church for the Highlands Trinity Sunday, May 26,2013 Audio of sermon is on iTunes here
“Your Church Pentecostal?” sermon for this Pentecost Sunday
“How to Know if Your Church is Pentecostal” Acts 2:1-21 Church for the Highlands for Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2013 [Note: I usually post sermons after I preach them, but this Sunday I am preaching a “flipped sermon.” I read a post about this style of preaching on Adam Walker Cleaveland’s Pomomusings and thought I […]
“Entering the Story of Easter” from Easter 2013
Easter 2013 Acts 10:34-48 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013 What’s your story? That’s a question I heard recently in the gymnasium of Centenary College. No, I wasn’t playing basketball or doing anything physical per se. I was there for a fundraiser dinner for the school’s Christian Leadership Center. […]
“Linchpin Church” sermon from Sunday
“Linchpin Church” Luke 4:14-21 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, January 27, 2012 You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.[i] That is a quote from Seth Godin’s book: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Godin’s book quickly became a bestseller […]
Do You Pledge Allegiance?
“Living There Here” John 18:33-37 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, November 25, 2012 Christ the King Sunday Have you seen any of the new movies out from this past week? It seems when it rains it pours with good new movies coming out. There are some that are thrillers–Flight, Red Dawn, Skyfall–playing […]
“When All You Have is a Penny” from Sunday
Message Manuscript of “Giving God a Penny” Mark 12:38-44 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, November 11, 2012 When was the last time you were walking through a parking lot somewhere and spotted a penny on the ground, and bent down to pick it up? You may be superstitious enough to hold to the […]
Lincoln Assassination Witness on Video
What is below obviously has nothing to do with this week’s lectionary, but I ran across today on Twitter (@jimwells Rt’d @PSchrags), and found it too fascinating not to share. This is a short diversion from working on a sermon for Sunday. Watch this video The Atlantic has posted of 1956 interview on video of […]
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