I've been preparing for the sermon for this coming Sunday and I've been reading and thinking about the text: Mark 2:1-22. The very first story is the story of the four men who went up to the roof and lowered their friend down to where Jesus was healing. Everyone always focuses on the extreme faith... Continue Reading →
The Most Hopeful Time of the Year
Anyone who knows me knows that I hate the Christmas song, "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." It just seems to be a song that is so sickly sweet in a way that just isn't real. I also don't understand the part of the song that talks about "scary ghost stories." Why would you... Continue Reading →
Sermon Podcast: The Course of the Events
God hears the cries of the oppressed and decides to act.
Autism and Reading Comprehension
I remember about a year ago, listening to a report on National Public Radio on dyslexia. It is not that the words are necessarily backwards, but it becomes hard to read the words in front of you. You can get so far and then you start to struggle. I've long wondered if there is a... Continue Reading →
Yesterday Once More
A few years ago when I was back home in Flint, a memory came back to me as I went down a certain road. The memory was seeing those auto carrier trucks lumber down the road. The trucking company had it’s main garage on the eastside of town and you would see truck after truck... Continue Reading →
Advent In the Hole
Here’s the thing: hope doesn’t depend on us. It doesn't happen our time schedule. We must have hope that things won't always stay the same even though that hope is a ways off.
Sermon: The Main Thing
What happens when the word of God isn't what you want to hear?
Sermon: The Mailbox
https://denminn.tumblr.com/post/189323968502/the-mailbox-by-sermons-from-fcc-st-paul-a Isaiah 5:1-17 and 11:1-10 | Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost | November 17, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching Dennis remembers a mailbox during his childhood and we are reminded of a God that seeks justice and also wants to love us as well.
When You Visit My Church
I've been a pastor of First Christian Church of St. Paul for a little over six years. We've done a lot as a congregation to try to be more impactful in our neighborhood and to grow as followers of Jesus Christ. But what we haven't been able in those six years, is get many visitors.... Continue Reading →
Delis and Supermarkets
First Christian is a deli church.