HARMLESS THOUGHTS

 Listen to Psalm 12 for our Wednesday Night Service:  Psalm 12

 Listen to the sermon from Edgewood Church on March 28, 2021:

Listen to me read Psalm 11...   Psalm 11 To the choirmaster. Of David. [1] In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain, [2] for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; [3] if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” [4] The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’s throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man. [5] The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. [6] Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. [7] For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

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 Sermon Number 16 from Luke: Jesus Preaches in Nazareth Luke 4:13-30

 

 I attempted to channel my inner David Attenborough while doing the voice-overs for this video. 

 Listen to Pastor Matt read Psalm 10:  Psalm 10

This is the better half of the Harmless Equation:     

I am not a racist.  I don't care what book you read or ideas you hear or theories you follow... I have not been, nor will I ever be a racist. I fully understand that in some circles of people, for me to even say this, proves that I actually am. This is utter nonsense. Utter. Nonsense.  And because it is utter nonsense, I am going to say it again, just to spite the nonsensical crowd: I am not a racist. In fact, I will now put forth the accusation that if you think that I am a racist and hold to this idea, you, my friend, are an idiot... and my proof of your idiocy is in your denial of said idiocy... Your denial proves that you are. Right? I'm white. Not really. It is more of a peach-colored flesh-tone, but that is beside the point. To many people, and to governmental forms that I complete, I'm white. I'm not sure why this is important information for the government to know, but they always seem to want to know. (Does anyone now if they are regulating melanin now?) Becaus...

  This podcast episode was originally uploaded in the Fall of 2017 (I believe). It is the one-and-only episode from a podcast that I was going to call, "Ask Pastor Matt."  It flopped, not because it wasn't a good episode, but because I never made another one. Well, I'm back at it, so I thought that I would upload this one and get it back out there. 

 In a July 8, 1530 letter from Martin Luther to Lazarus Spengler, Luther interprets his seal: Grace and peace from the Lord. As you desire to know whether my painted seal, which you sent to me, has hit the mark, I shall answer most amiably and tell you my original thoughts and reason about why my seal is a symbol of my theology. The first should be a black cross in a heart, which retains its natural color, so that I myself would be reminded that faith in the Crucified saves us. "For one who believes from the heart will be justified" (Romans 10:10). Although it is indeed a black cross, which mortifies and which should also cause pain, it leaves the heart in its natural color. It does not corrupt nature, that is, it does not kill but keeps alive. "The just shall live by faith" (Romans 1:17) but by faith in the crucified. Such a heart should stand in the middle of a white rose, to show that faith gives joy, comfort, and peace. In other words, it places the believer int...

 The Psalm for Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 will be Psalm 9.  Psalm 9

 If you are one of my Christian Brothers or Sisters, please take 6 minutes and 42 seconds to watch this:  ... and then go to church tomorrow. If yours isn't fully open, then come to mine . You will be loved and welcomed!

Abortion Conversation I would like to take a moment to address the abortion conversation. I would like to do this, not just to stir the pot or poke the beast. And I absolutely don't want to do this out of any desire to be dis-compassionate to anyone.  Please note, I am not going to be addressing the actual topic of abortion itself in this post... at least not directly... but I would like to discuss the issues that tend to arise in those particular conversations where abortion is the core topic. Now, I will obviously be speaking/writing from my own vantage point, based on my own experiences, and to be completely honest, this isn't a topic that has come up very often, but when it does, the flow of the conversation tended to go the same way every single time... It was a downhill slide... away from abortion.  So... the purpose of this post is to tackle the conversational slide that I've experienced by "thinking through" (in blog format) what is happening in these conv...

  Psalm 8 To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.