There are so many moments in public speaking that you just have no idea what happened. One of those happened Sunday, when my voice began to leave me, during a section where I was straining my voice, and voila…sounded like I was going through puberty again. All I can do in those moments is: 1) laugh at myself…believe me, I’ve done far more weird…
Worship Jesus. Serve Jesus. Love others.
Worship Jesus. Serve Jesus. Love others.
Posts from September 2019
One challenge of preaching from texts like Philippians 3:1-11, is that it is so familiar to most, that it’s hard to look at it with a “fresh set of eyes.” This text is by far my favorite in Philippians and it’s been one of those life-altering texts for me through the years. I am grateful that the Lord gave us this passage, to look…
Thoughts on Sunday’s sermon: Over the course of last week, our discussion around Sunday was how to handle a text like Philippians 2:19-30, which doesn’t seem to afford a ton of explanation (because it’s pretty clear) and it’s mainly about 2 guys: Timothy and Epaphroditus. My thought heading into this text was to look at the overall narrative of Philippians and also to see…
This version of musings will be a different one because I didn’t preach this past Sunday. Instead, what I thought I would do in this post is talk briefly about how I process a sermon & also chat a little about what goes into our sermon planning/schedule. About that sermon: I love Dan Sieker. He’s one of my favorite men on the planet &…
About the sermon: There are times when the Lord uses a particular text to preach to me. For some reason, since we’ve been in Philippians, it has felt like the Lord has been preaching to me more than normal. This past Sunday was no exception. I received some unexpected news last weekend and the thought of counting others more significant than myself and looking out…