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Here is the sermon outline for September 28th, 2014 sermon. Family Religion: Identifying the Head Ephesians 3:14-19; 5:21-29 Household Religion If our faith leads us to believe that we are part of God’s family as the church, then our families should reflect our faith Our families should seek to preserve unity among its members through working together toward a single purpose, having attitudes that result in peace , tending to one another with our words The next part of Paul’s “family rules” speaks to households Ephesians 5:21-24 & 33b speak to wives in relation to their husbands Ephesians 5:25-33a speak to husbands in relation to their wives Ephesians 6:1-3 speak to children in relation to their parents Ephesians 6:4 speak to fathers in relation to their children Ephesians 6:5-8 speak to servants/slaves in relation to their master Ephesians 6:9 speak to masters in relation to their servants/slaves Paul is explicitly speaking to the rules of househ...

I was asked to preach at the Bishop's Retreat last week. Here is the text of that sermon. Gideon, Minecraft, and One Bad Summer Judges 6:11-14 We have all been where Gideon was: confronted with God's messenger with the word we were called to do a great thing. We are here today because we have all shared in this experience. There is comfort in knowing that we have this miraculous moment in common. Then why did the idea of standing up here this morning weigh so heavily on me? I had a bad summer. I had a couple of events  in Spring that made me wonder if I was any good at what I do. I was in a funk when Annual Conference rolled around. At Annual Conference, we were confronted with the need to change direction if we wanted to be strong in the near future. I hear the burden of doing something to change direction in order to continue our rich heritage and tradition. But in the emotional place I was, I heard, "you aren't doing enough and what you are doing i...