Posts Tagged ‘Sermon’

The Jesus-Centeredness of Jesus

By ryan • Aug 2nd, 2009 • Category: Worship Reflections

Give Us This Bread Always

John 6:24-35
After the feeding of the five-thousand, the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, so they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.  When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when [...]



The Illusive Meaning of Suffering

By ryan • Jun 28th, 2009 • Category: Worship Reflections

My friend Ahmed, a devout agnostic, recently asked me, “Ryan, If you remove the fear of hell and the promise of heaven… who’s gonna care about God anymore?” I said, “Ahmed, have you ever heard of a guy named Job?” Because Ahmed’s question is the book of Job’s question.  It’s a question that strips us [...]



The Calling of the Disciples | Sermon

By ryan • Jan 23rd, 2009 • Category: Worship Reflections

Written for Epiphany 3  1|25|09 – The Calling of Peter, Andrew, James and John (Mark 1:14-20)
ryan marsh – beloved architect
I know that this story is supposed to be moving and beautiful, and I can imagine it in a 1980’s epic movie kind of way – The waves lapping against the shore, the brothers busy mending [...]