It was Saturday morning, and I hadn’t had any coffee. It is no wonder I was surprised to hear these words coming from our kitchen radio: He who wants to withdraw from danger will lose his life. But the person who gives himself to the service of others will be like a grain of wheat…
Category: Theological Reflection
The One Super Bowl Commercial That Will Show up in Sermons—and Whether It Should
I don’t preach every Sunday anymore, so I didn’t watch the Super Bowl looking for sermon illustrations in the commercials. In fact, I didn’t even watch the whole thing, my allegiance to Downton Abbey being too strong (which is a better source for sermon material, anyway—but that’s a subject for another post). I did watch…
The “S” Word Christians Fear
UPDATE: A webinar version as well as slideshow from this event are now available at www.pts.edu/Webinars. The “s” word can mean different things depending on your context. To my five-year-old, the “s” word is “stupid.” For you it is probably not stupid, but my guess is that it is not the word I am thinking…