Our Dad's Kids: A sermon based on Ephesians 1:3-6
Words and images surrounding family play a hugely significant role in the verses that we just read. In fact, words pertaining to Family play a huge role throughout Scripture. The word “family” is a word that can refer to the most important set of relationships that we can have on Earth. And so when people think of me as part of their family, they’re saying something pretty important. I want to honour that as best as I can. I once ordered some pictures to be printed throu
Putting it all Together: A sermon based on 1 Corinthians 12:4-13:13
Paul was writing to the people at the church in Corinth about a specific problem. The problem was around speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues is when the Spirit inspires a person to prophecy or pray in a language that they don’t know. While speaking in tongues is a wonderful way to pray, the problem was that some at the church in Corinth thought speaking in tongues defined who was spiritual and who wasn’t. Some in the community were being spiritually elitist, and loo
