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Lasting Security
http://jpserrano.com/2014/11/17/lasting-security
November 17, 2014. Middot; 0 comments. Preached @ Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. 23rd Sunday After Pentecost. Comments… add one now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. I'm trying to figure out how to be a theologically conversant, culture engaging, incarnate, missionally focused, liturgically inventive, disciple of Jesus. more. El Salvador 2009 (19). Biblical Living Series (1). Devotions From The Book Of Psalms (5). Life in the Bay Area (2). Weekend Wind Up (1).
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Devotions From The Book Of Psalms
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Devotions From The Book Of Psalms. Independence and Dependence (Psalm 5). June 4, 2013. Middot; 0 comments. 8220;But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house, I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you. Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness.” (Psalm 5:7-8a, NRSV). From childhood we are rightly reared from dependence toward independence, but in adulthood dependence is seen as an arrested development. The way of faith is to rely on God as the first actor in our liv...
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Get up: A Sermon on Mark 5:21-43
http://jpserrano.com/2015/07/03/get-up-a-sermon-on-mark-521-43
Get up: A Sermon on Mark 5:21-43. July 3, 2015. Middot; 0 comments. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Who do you identify with? So, who do you understand most in this Gospel? That’s to say,. Who do you identify yourself with the most here? Are you the crowd? Are you the hemorrhaging woman? Are you one of the disciples? The disciples throughout the Gospel of Mark are baffled. They don’t quite understand Jesus. They follow him around, the do what he tells t...Jesus...
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Pentecost Sermon 2014
http://jpserrano.com/2014/06/08/pentecost-sermon-2014
June 8, 2014. Middot; 3 comments. Preached @ Faith Lutheran Church (Pentecost in the Park). Tagged as: Acts 2:1-4. Comments… read them below or add one. June 11, 2014 at 8:24 am. Well done, Lad. One of your best. June 26, 2014 at 12:56 pm. Why do you refer to the Holy Spirit as ” she ”? The Trinity is ” Father, Son and Holy Ghost ” . I cannot recall It ever being referred to in a masculine or feminine sense. Can You? June 28, 2014 at 1:46 pm. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. El Salvador 2009 (19).
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Keep Awake!
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December 1, 2014. Middot; 0 comments. Preached @ Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Concord, CA). Tagged as: Advent 1. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Comments… add one now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. I'm trying to figure out how to be a theologically conversant, culture engaging, incarnate, missionally focused, liturgically inventive, disciple of Jesus. more. El Salvador 2009 (19). Biblical Living Series (1). Devotions From The Book Of Psalms (5).
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How to Help Your Child During Communion
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How to Help Your Child During Communion. April 10, 2014. Middot; 0 comments. I believe that all baptized children are welcome to the Altar. The following is a guide that will hopefully help parents with bringing their children forward to receive communion. First, for all children, it’s important to see what’s going on at the altar. When walking to the altar hold your infant slightly upright with your non-dominant hand. Receive the bread with your dominant hand. When approaching the altar hold your infant...
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Sermon
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Get up: A Sermon on Mark 5:21-43. July 3, 2015. Middot; 0 comments. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Who do you identify with? So, who do you understand most in this Gospel? That’s to say,. Who do you identify yourself with the most here? Are you the crowd? Are you the hemorrhaging woman? Are you one of the disciples? The disciples throughout the Gospel of Mark are baffled. They don’t quite understand Jesus. They follow him around, the do what he tells t...Jesus...
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Confession & Christian Identity (Sermon on Matthew 16:13-30)
http://jpserrano.com/2014/08/24/confession-christian-identity-sermon-on-matthew-1613-30
Confession & Christian Identity (Sermon on Matthew 16:13-30). August 24, 2014. Middot; 0 comments. Preached @ Faith Lutheran Church of Castro Valley on 8.24.2014. Tagged as: Confession of faith. Comments… add one now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. I'm trying to figure out how to be a theologically conversant, culture engaging, incarnate, missionally focused, liturgically inventive, disciple of Jesus. more. El Salvador 2009 (19). Biblical Living Series (1).
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Easter Sermon
http://jpserrano.com/2015/04/05/easter-sermon
April 5, 2015. Middot; 0 comments. You can hear this sermon here. Grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ, our resurrected Lord. Amen. This last week, I heard a scene unfold between my wife and 4-year-old son that was straight out of the Cosby Show. I heard her say,. Benny, you can’t just walk in my bedroom when the door is closed. Then I say ‘who is it? Then you say ‘who it is.’. Then I tell you if you can come in Got it? So, go back outside the door and let’s try that again,. Jessica said: Who is it?
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Lust, Length, and Looking
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Lust, Length, and Looking. May 14, 2014. Middot; 2 comments. After reading both the news story. And Clare’s first hand account. It seems like it’s the school who has made the poor choice; her dress and conduct seemed to be appropriate for the prom. The Abuse of Principle. There’s this tendency in the Christian world however to take this principle and exclusively apply it to men’s lust and the cause of that lust women’s outfits. First, as a Christian man I am responsible for my lust and no one else. I...
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