Author: pastordan

The Word for the Week

Matthew 14:22-33 Good morning and thank you for having me with you this fine August day. I see that Pastor Bonnie put a quote on the bulletin this morning: Limitation and defeat must never be accepted… The truly admirable...

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pastordan issues a correction

Well, I asked somebody to prove me wrong…. Ted Olson of Christianity Today has the goods: The July 24, 2005, issue of the Sunday News Perspective section contained an article by Dan Schultz titled “Where is the...

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The Word For the Week

Matthew 14:13-21 One thing you may not suspect about me is that I have many liberal friends, not all of whom are religious. In fact, many of them are anything but. This story is just the kind they like to ask questions about....

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Riffing on Kid Oakland (& Jeffrey Feldman)

Thank God for people like Kid Oakland and Jeffrey Feldman, whose thoughts are so fertile they’ve fed an entire generation of bloggers by now. I’ve discovered that it’s worth reading these gentlemen, if for no...

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The Word For the Week

Romans 8:26-39 I have often preached the last paragraphs of this text, usually as part of a funeral sermon. There is something extraordinarily moving about them, a welcome reminder that even death cannot keep us away from...

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