Inappropriate Conversations

It’s Going to Rain (Lent Roll 23)

"What do you think it's gonna do when I live by faith and now my work is through? It's gonna rain! … I'm so happy to say, it's gonna rain on the world today."
Gordon Gano

Genesis 6:9-7:24 (flood continued for 40 days, and waters swelled on the earth for 150 days)

#IC 3: Light and Shadow (3/19/10)

Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground

 

Ever-flowing Stream (Lent Roll 22)

"Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream."
Amos of Tekoa

Amos 5:21-24 (it’s not about festivals, assemblies, songs or offerings; it’s about justice)

#IC 157: Letting Justice Roll (1/19/15)

#IC 231: Letting  Justice Roll 2 (7/29/20)

 

Teaching of the Wise (Lent Roll 21)

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Aristotle of Stagira

 

Proverbs 13:13-17 (teaching of the wise is a fountain of life)

 

#IC 60: Ten Areas of Agreement about Abortion - part 2 (6/15/11)

 

A Return of Sorts – 10 Areas of Agreement (10/8/23)

 

#IC 55: A Better Way to Debate (5/8/11)

 

Face It (Lent Roll 20)

"Why were we put here? What for? We're unsure. We sure weren't put here to hate."
Nate Albert and Dicky Barrett

Matthew 7:13-23 (knowing them by their fruit, there are some who claim the name of the Lord but Jesus has said he won’t even recognize them)

#IC 180: Jesus Quote Bubble (2/10/16)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It

 

Jesus Has Other Sheep (Lent Roll 19)

"You cannot ask Jesus into your heart alone. He will ask, 'Can I bring my friends?'  You will look at his friends -- the poor, the marginalized, the oppressed -- and you will hesitate. But Jesus is clear, 'Only if I can bring my friends.'" 
Peter Storey

John 10:14-16 (“I have other Sheep,” Jesus said. “I must bring them also”)

#IC 150: Opening the Scriptures (9/23/14)

Walk The Earth 29 (8/22/15)

Walk The Earth 30 (9/1/15)

#IC 172: Proud To Know You 2 (9/14/15)

With God in the Crucible: Preaching Costly Discipleship

Peter Storey

 

Be Angry but Not Sin (Lent Roll 18)

"I see anger as a complex series of body changes triggered off by a sudden awareness of danger. This reaction to stress can be regarded as our survival kit, shared in some measure with all living creatures. All of us live, to some extent, in danger."
David R. Mace

Ephesians 4:26 (the old adage about not going to sleep angry is directly Biblical)

#IC 8: Christian Response to the Sexual Revolution … Or Not (4/24/10)

#IC 13 Companionship Marriage (5/31/10)
 
#IC 9: Overview of the Decades (5/3/10)

David R. Mace

 

Judgement Against Cain (Lent Roll 17)

"Whether we can take 'a life for a life' is one question; whether we should is another. Cain and Abel pose an answer. Rather than taking life for life and delivering a powerful message by killing Cain, God instead banished Cain from the community. To say the least, we must not be cavalier about death penalty decisions."

The Author

 

Genesis 4:13-16 (mark of Cain directly dismisses any death penalty rule)

 

#IC 62: Protecting Society With, and From, Capital Punishment (7/14/11)