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Click to download Word doc.. Click to download PDF.. Sermon Manuscript - 1 Peter 2:1-5 and 1 Timothy 1:1-7 Preached ON - 09.19.2021 CS Lewis once told a story about a time when he was speaking at an event, and talking about “theology” and a fellow stood up – an old, hard-bitten officer and the officer said, “I’ve no use for all that stuff. But, mind you, I’m a religious man too. I know there’s a God. I’ve felt Him out alone in the desert at night; the tremendous mystery. And

Click to download Word doc.. Click to download PDF.. Sermon Manuscript - 1 Peter 4:7-11 and John 17:20-24 Preached on 09.12.2021 I’ve told this story in a number of places, because it’s one of my favorite moments of the last year – so if you’ve heard it before bear with me. On January10 of this year, the Sunday after the January 6th insurrection thing, something happened in this church. Now I don’t know if you remember the atmosphere around January 6 – it was a mess. When tho

Click to download Word Doc.. Click to download PDF.. Sermon Manuscript - Genesis 41:14-36 Preached on - 09.05.2021 Alright, I’m going to give you a shotgun spray, and then I’m going to connect the dots – okay? First, Edward Murphy Jr., not to be confused with the New York Politician Edward Murphy, or the beloved Daddy Daycare actor and voice of Donkey in Shrek – Eddie Murphy. Edward Murphy Jr was an air force pilot who retired and became an aerospace engineer who worked on ro

Newsletter – September 2021 Greetings from the desk of the Pastor! As summer winds down, and the fall schedule kicks into gear – I wanted to take a moment to talk about what happens when we unplug from God. A few weeks ago there was a terrible storm that swept through on a random Wednesday night. The next morning I learned a new word as we all saw the devastation that a “micro-burst” can cause. For my little section of Flushing, it meant that we lost power for almost three f

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This month I’d like to talk about The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire I’ll admit I’m a bit torn when I recommend this book. On the one hand – it is FANTASTIC. It is incredibly useful, and I think extremely needed in the church world. On the other hand – it’s about sex, and very explicitly so. If it was a film, it would probably receive a PG-13 rating. With the u