All posts filed under: Preaching the Word

400 Years of Promised Alienation

November 23, 2014
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Preaching the Whole Bible / Preaching the Word

I preached on Genesis 15 this morning. I decided in September to try and preach my way through the Bible start to finish, Genesis through Revelation, with seasonal pauses for Advent, Christmas, and Easter. Today is our last bit of Genesis before we break for some “here comes Jesus (again)” for Advent. We made it up to God’s promise to Abram–he hasn’t even received his new name yet (this sermon series will take years if […]

A New (might be slightly overly-ambitious) Sermon Series

September 2, 2014
by birch & raven
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Answering the Call / Ministerial Madness / Preaching the Word

Starting this Sunday, for my new sermon series (the Revised Common Lectionary gets pretty tedious) I’m going to preach the Bible. “But wait!” you protest. “Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do every week? What else would you preach on?” Well, yes. Obviously, my sermons are almost always biblically-based. But this week, I’m starting at the beginning and attempting to preach on the entire Bible (mostly, but probably not entirely, in the order presented). I […]