Since Pastor Duane Smets will be out of town this weekend, the journal entry has been handed down to me for this week. The topic? “What I have learned since becoming a worship leader” written by Michael Trujillo.
Easter Sunday 2008. This sermon is an biographical treatment of the life of one witness of Jesus resurrection, the apostle John. This sermon follows John from the time he meets Jesus, walks with him for three years, watches him die, sees him resurrected and eats with him three days later, and then at the end of his life sees him once again on the island of Patmos. This sermon was originally preached March 23rd, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Sempra Penitens means always repenting. What does it mean to repent? Martin Luther who ignited the Reformation by nailing his 95 theses on the door of Wittenburg in 1517 wrote this as his first thesis: “1. Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said Poenitentiam agite (repent ye), willed that the whole life of believers should be repentance.” Some good discussion arose this week at Theology on Tap and at Biblical Manhood. This week’s journal entry is devoted to mission through Christian repentance.
Palm Sunday 2008. This sermon is an exegetical treatment of Luke 19:28-44 addressing the theme of Jesus’ mission exemplified in his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This sermon was originally preached March 16th, 2008 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
The Resolved Church is a church plant, but what does that really mean? We’re not talking about a type of plant, like bonsai, geranium, or a fern. The church isn’t really anything that can wholly be compared to anything else, the closest thing is probably the human body (Eph 4). So what is the metaphor of a plant getting at and what does it mean?