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Review: 13 Reasons Why
Spoiler Alert I have not been as conflicted about a show as I am about the Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, a series based on the novel “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher which details the reasons a high school … Continue reading
Film Review: The Birth of a Nation
Nate Parker wrote, directed and stars in The Birth of a Nation, a well written, directed and powerfully acted film that depicts the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion. Nat Turner was born into slavery in Virginia and after learning to read … Continue reading
The Theology of Apollo
A clergy friend of mine posted on Facebook that she wished she was like the Space Shuttle, gently reentering the atmosphere and landing on a runway rather than old Apollo Capsule that plunged through the atmosphere and splashed into the … Continue reading
Sermon: “Great Balls of Fire”
Sermon: “Great Balls of Fire” AKA Elijah vs. Ahab and Baal K I Kings 18:22-39 http://www.christ4u.org/christ4u/service_6_16_2013_11_30am_christ_alive Christ Alive Band Sings Great Balls of Fire at 16:15 Sermon at 29:00
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Tagged Ahab, contemporary preaching, Elijah, faith, faithfulness, god, Great Balls of Fire, I kings 18, jerry lee lewis, Preaching, United Methodist Church
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Sermon: “What’s My Line?”
Sermon on Psalm 96 “What’s My Line?” AKA The historic Ronald Reagan, Paul Newman, Frank Zappa and United Methodist Church Sermon http://www.christ4u.org/christ4u/sermon_6_2_2013_9_00am____
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Tagged church, discipleship, faith, Frank Zappa, god, Paul Newman, Preaching psalms, Psalm 96, Ronald Reagan, Sing a new song, United Methodist Church, What's My Line
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Sermon: Paradise Redeemed
From the “PULPit Fiction Series of Sermons:” Redemptive Acts of Jesus that outside of faith and relationship with God are fictional stories from pulpits. http://r.b5z.net/i/u/10092240/m/Sermon_130303_1130.mp3
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots
Tagged Adam Hamilton, crucifixtion, faith and film preaching, faith and film sermon, forgiveness, god, grace, jesus, John Travolta, Jules Winnfield, Last Words of Jesus, new life, Pulp Fiction, Pulpit Fiction, redemption, repentance, repentant thief, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Vega
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Sermon Series: Under New Management
Sermon: Surrender AKA Who’s Our Playcaller? Text Acts 8:26-40 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch http://r.b5z.net/i/u/10092240/m/Sermon_130113.mp3
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Tagged Acts 8, Acts of the Apostles, Dallas Cowboys, discipleship, faith, football, god, NFL, philip and Ethiopian Eunuch, Preaching, Roger Staubach, sermons, Tom Landry
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Bond, Baptism, and Beginning Again
After seeing the newest James Bond film, “Skyfall,” I thought about the nature of rebooting. Celebrating 50 years of Bond, the newest edition continues the reboot of the series that began two films ago with the casting of Daniel Craig … Continue reading
Posted in Faith Shots, Film Shots, Scattershooting
Tagged "skyfall" review, baptism, Body of Christ, Bond, charles wesley, congregations, faith, faith and film, film reboots, film review, forgiveness, god, grace, James Bond, James Bond in film, Kingdom of God, new life, power of sin, sacrament of baptism, sin, Skyfall, The Church
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Eagle “Eyed”
I preached a sermon on God’s presence last week and talked about brushes with greatness I have had. I forgot about one that I experienced several years ago and shared in my church column then. As during the sermon, I invite … Continue reading
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Tagged Brush with Greatness, Christ, Don Henley, faith, god, God's presence, jesus, name dropping, Preaching, Preaching psalms, Psalm 139, sermons, SMU Football, The Eagles
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A 9/11 Flashback
In 1898, H.G. Wells wrote a story of about a time traveler who builds his own time machine and is able to travel forward 800,000 years. What he finds is a society that seems to be living in harmony, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Apostle Paul, Body of Christ, Christian community, church, god, God-time, H.G. Wells, Kingdom of God, prayer, remembrance, Romans 8, time machine, time travel
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