Why Christ Transforms Culture

From my message Rumors of Another World in the series Where to Find God (When He’s Missing) John 1:14a (NLT) – So the Word became human and made his home among us. This may very well be the most mind-blowing sentence in the entire Bible. The word, “Word,” is the Greek word “logos.” Logos is where we [...]

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Five Historical Views on the Relationship between Christ and Culture

Here is the chart with the five historical views on the relationship between Christ and culture that I shared in the message, “Rumors of Another World” last weekend.

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Finding Freedom from Pornography

This is the practical follow-up to my sermon on June 20, 2010 – “Lust, Lies and Truth.” You can listen here: http://www.epiphanystation.com/MEDIA Most people try to free themselves from a pornography addiction by doing either one or a combination of these things: Asserting their will (“I’m not going to look at pornography today.”). This is [...]

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Lent Reflection #4: Turned Inside-Out

I could hardly sleep last night. I was still so jazzed up about the incredible worship service yesterday. It is so encouraging to see and hear what God is doing in peoples’ lives. I took a bit of a different track in the 2nd service (the one that is online), so I wanted to just [...]

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This Lent: Give it away

Lent starts tomorrow (Wednesday, February 17). This is the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter used as a time for Christians to prepare themselves through prayer and repentance for Christ’s resurrection. Traditionally, Christians have used this as a period of self-denial to purge themselves of sin. Though not prescribed in the Bible, it can be [...]

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Insiders vs. Outsiders

This is a follow-up to my sermon, Embracing the Outsider, from January 3. If you haven’t listened to it, please do so before reading on. Listen here or subscribe to the Epiphany Station podcast.

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The Secret of the Ugly Christmas Tree

[The following is an excerpt from a message I've given several times. It is one of my favorite sermons.] I’m kind of a scrooge. I don’t like all the commercial aspects of Christmas. I don’t like all the presents (though I still gratefully receive them) and the cookies and candies (although I still gladly indulge [...]

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Dialogue with a Friend – part 3

FRIEND: You are right.  We could get into a long discussion and neither of us probably has the time or energy for that.      Thanks for your note though. I know it took some time to write. And me being me I can’t help but reply at least a little more (and you might do [...]

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Dialogue with a Friend – Part 2

FRIEND: You said: “I believe the Jesus Event to be the pivotal moment of history. And I believe that wherever you search for him, you will find him (regardless of your religious orientation).” I’m not sure what this means.  In your mind does it apply to any spiritually seeking person?  a Buddhist?  A more native [...]

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Dialogue with a Friend – part 1

I received this email from a good old friend of mine recently which sparked a dialogue between us. I have asked his permission to post portions of it here. FRIEND: You’d be proud of me… I recently “had” to tell my parents that we are more in line with a Unitarian Universalist view these days [...]

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