Category Archives: On the way to Sunday’s sermon

Would the World Allow Anyone Who Could Raise the Dead to Live?

Posted on April 3, 2014 by PaulVK

Iranian Cleric Raises the Dead Imagine an Iranian cleric raised a man who was dead for four days. What would happen? First there would be skepticism. Surely this didn’t happen. Let’s say that there was documentation. Dead for four days, … Continue reading →

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Seeing Through Suffering Into Light

Posted on March 30, 2014 by PaulVK

To Live is to Suffer Nearly every culture beside our own has recognized this truth. Nearly every religion and philosophy attempt to address it. To address suffering we must discover its source and address that source in the hope of … Continue reading →

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Esther Sermon Series

Posted on March 21, 2014 by PaulVK

Esther and the Christian Canon Esther Act 1: The Seduction of the People of God Esther Act 2: What Haman Saved Esther From Esther Act 3: How We Undo Ourselves In Empire Esther Act 4: Rhyming Our Way Through the … Continue reading →

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Living Water in the Age of Decay

Posted on March 21, 2014 by PaulVK

“Show me a man with his needs satisfied, and I’ll show you a man in serious trouble.”  Novelist Walker Percy comments in his 1989 speech to the National Endowment of the Humanities “Show me a man with his needs satisfied, … Continue reading →

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How A Shamed, Female, Sexually Sinful Heretic Becomes Jesus’ First Successful Evangelist

Posted on March 20, 2014 by PaulVK

The Death of God Elie Wiesel in Night tells the story of Akiba Drumer, a rabbi from a small town in Poland. He was old and bent, his lips constantly trembling. He was always praying, in the block, at work, in … Continue reading →

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Good News for Offensive, Manipulative, Hypocritical, Conservative, Orthodox, Religious People

Posted on March 15, 2014 by PaulVK

Night Last week we talked about how God’s “no show” in our time of need has driven many moderns to believe there is no God. Elie Wiesel’s classic Night talks about how the prisoners of the Nazi death camps came … Continue reading →

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Lent 2014

Posted on March 13, 2014 by PaulVK

Lenten Series 2014 Following the Common Lectionary Matthew 4:1-11: The Temptations of Christ John 3: Nicodemus comes to Jesus John 4: Jesus and the Woman at the Well, the premi sermon, the one I preached.  John 9: the man born … Continue reading →

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The Ten Commandments Sermon Series

Posted on March 8, 2014 by PaulVK

Introduction: God Makes a Public Appearance You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me You Shall Not Make For Yourself A Graven Image You Shall Not Take the Name of the LORD in Vain Honor the Sabbath Day and Keep … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Evil and the Temptations of Christ

Posted on March 8, 2014 by PaulVK

The Death of God Elie Wiesel was born in the same town as Izidor Ruckel’s orphanage.  He was a teenager when the Germans rolled into town forty years before the orphanage. They began the process of rounding up the Jews for … Continue reading →

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Jesus Redeems Even “Divine Child Abuse”: How Unworthy Parents are Redeemed

Posted on February 28, 2014 by PaulVK

The Need for Parents In an attempt to increase the “human capital” of his country in 1966 Nicolae Ceausescu initiated a government enforced effort a population growth.  Romania’s leader from 1965 to 1989, banned contraception and abortions and imposed a … Continue reading →

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