Rev Bill

I have finished and posted my sermon for tomorrow — Trinity Sunday.
It’s based on Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8:12-17, and John 3:1-17, and entitled “What’s The Difference”?
Here’s a portion of it:
I like that scene in the movie Dead Poets Society in which Mr. Keating, an English instructor at an elite preparatory school, asks [...]

For this Day of Pentecost, I offer a prayer from my faith tradition — a Litany For Pentecost from the Book Of Common Worship of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

Christ has gathered the church in unity through the Spirit. With sure hope, let us pray: Lord, hear our prayer. Maker of all things, in the beginning, [...]

I am spedning a week at Columbia Theological Seminary taking part in the Guthrie Scholars Program.
Shirley Guthrie was a Reformed Theology professor at Columbia for over 40 years and helped educate and inform many ministers during that time, including me.
The Guthrie Scholars program is designed as a week for research [...]

Many of my ministerial colleagues like to brag talk about their library of theological resources.  I have a lot of commentaries and have recently purchased Quickverse Platinum — a Bible software program with a lot of different translations, commentaries, and other tools. 
Tonight I added 2 more resource to my theological library — Google and [...]

Last week Adrian Warnock issued a challenge to the blogosphere:  explore a chain of Bible verses together that paint a picture of the nature of and use of authority. Not being one to back down from a challenge, and finding the verses intriguing, I have taken up the challenge.
The verses are:
Isaiah 66:2, Philippians 2:3-10, [...]