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Keep Christianity Weird
This sermon on Luke 7:36-50 was preached August 11, 2019 in a sermon series about the different meals throughout the Gospel of Luke. “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd.” That was once said by writer Flannery O’Connor. I wonder, though, if the church today is odd enough. The modern … Continue reading Keep Christianity Weird
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This sermon was preached at First Presbyterian Church in Middletown, Ohio on December 24, 2018 on Matthew 1:18-23. How do we take grand notions about God’s faithfulness? How do we convey the idea of a universal love at any cost? How do we touch upon the fierce and everlasting passion of God? And get ALL … Continue reading With
Do Christmas Wrong
The only way to do Christmas is to do it WRONG. There was a big church in New York City that planned their children’s Christmas pageants months ahead of time. The pageant was the highlight of the Christmas Eve service. One year they recruited Timmy to be the innkeeper. Everyone loved Timmy. And for the … Continue reading Do Christmas Wrong
The Burden Is Not on Us
This sermon was preached on September 24, 2017. Scrabble was cutthroat in my house growing up. On my eighteenth birthday, my mother gave me a t-shirt that said: SCRABBLE: It’s your word against mine. There was one notable exception to this Isaacs family blood sport—my grandmother, the language arts teacher There were three rules when … Continue reading The Burden Is Not on Us
Michael Isaacs 