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Cutting Room Floor: The Only Truly Hopeless Place

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A few years ago I read, with a group for the church, Dante's Divine Comedy. It was one of the more difficult reads I've ever plowed through. The poem has three parts (each with multiple cantos): Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. In Canto 3 of Inferno, Dante passes through the Gates of Hell, which bear the … Continue reading Cutting Room Floor: The Only Truly Hopeless Place

Cutting Room Thorn: Thorns that Choke

/ Daniel Waugh

Last week I had the chance to unpack the Parable of the Sower and Jesus' related conversation (Mark 4:1-20) about the purpose of parables. I did not spend much time discussing the nature of each soil, though I did not entirely skip it. Some hearers of the gospel are like hard ground (the path) that … Continue reading Cutting Room Thorn: Thorns that Choke

Cutting Room Floor: Love of Money and God’s Presence

/ Daniel Waugh

This week, I preached from Joshua 1 where Joshua received his commission from the Lord to lead Israel into the Promised Land. Along with this commission comes the charge, "be strong and courageous", a charge repeated three times. This charge to be courageous is grounded, primarily, in the fact that Joshua was not being sent … Continue reading Cutting Room Floor: Love of Money and God’s Presence

Cutting Room Floor: hating the -ism, loving the person

/ Daniel Waugh

I ran across this quote last week and was tempted to include it in my sermon on Psalm 133, but it's long. So here ya go...a great quote from Charles Spurgeon. Where the Spirit of God is there must be love, and if I have once known and recognized any man to be my brother … Continue reading Cutting Room Floor: hating the -ism, loving the person

Cutting Room Floor: Two Mistakes.

/ Daniel Waugh

Yesterday I preached from Psalm 120, the first of the Psalms of Ascent, or Pilgrim Songs. I made the point that this psalm is written for exiles/sojourners - "Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!" Both tribes mentioned were far from Jerusalem, hostile, foreign peoples. According to Peter, we … Continue reading Cutting Room Floor: Two Mistakes.