Liturgy, Communion, & Relationships (a liturgy)
I had the privilege of helping lead the prayers and liturgy at my church. I thought I would post my manuscript up for all to read and take part in as well. I hope this blesses you to read as it blessed me to write.
“Eternity in Our Hearts”: The God of Beauty, the Beauty of God
This is message I gave at Epiphany Fellowship on August 7th, 2009. The topic was Beauty. The attached manuscript is the full manuscript. It is 43 pages long and contains far more information than I was able to give in a 40 minute message. It includes an appendix where every form of every word in the Greek and Hebrew translated as “Beauty” or “Beautiful” in the English Standard Version of the Bible is ordered by frequency and includes the literal meanings and lexical range of each word. I had so much fun preparing and delivering this message. I hope it blesses you all.
“Faithful Forgiveness”: the Perseverance of Forgiving Saints
For my first homiletics class at Westminster, called “Gospel Communication,” this was the sermon I gave. It’s on “The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant” in Matthew 18 and deals with forgiveness. It’s about 30 minutes long. Personally, being my own worst critic, I see many flaws in it (the structure was somewhat muddled, I talked too fast, and I somewhat went against the traditional interpretation of the text), but overall I was pretty happy with it. It seemed like the class was as well. If you don’t have 30 minutes to spare, just listen to the last 8 minutes or so. I think that’s the point I hit my most significant “flow.”
“Us & Them”- The One New Man from every tribe, tongue, & nation
This was presented the summer of 2006 to a Summer Interdenominational Campus Fellowship. It was student-led, so different students presented each week. This was the first time I had ever done something like this before. The original idea was to do a sermon on “Unity within the body of Christ.” But as I soon discovered, just as in the Trinity, one could not divorce Unity from Diversity. I think the exegesis is surprisingly solid, even for having been so young at the time. The presentation though is another matter. I was so nervous and I went to far too many texts. Also, it was supposed to be 12-15 minutes. I went on for 35. Enjoy.
Psalm 143: an expositional sermon
This was just a random outline for a sermon I found stuck in my Bible. It has not been preached and may never will. It’s just a simple exegetical, verse by verse exposition of the whole Psalm. No particular topic. Feel free to give any tips or suggestions.
“Icarus” – (technically) The first message I ever gave
I gave this to a group of fourth graders (If I recall correctly) while I was a freshman in high school (or something like that). I put this up just for novelty. This certainly is not up to my standard theologically nor rhetorically. But, I hope it edifies someone, somewhere, at sometime. Or just gives them a good laugh.
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