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20 Jul 09

Preaching, Research, and Breast Milk

Yesterday, I had the honor of preaching at my own church. I felt a little extra pressure knowing that I see these people quite often and I don’t want to walk around knowing everybody thinks I preached a terrible sermon. Overall, the sermon seemed to go well–aside from the California heat of the sanctuary and [...]

5 Comments Posted in Acts, anabaptism, community, mission, research, sermons by Patrick George McCullough
17 Mar 08

Bible Talk: Wall-Pissing and Big Brother

So, a couple people already commented on this video by Pastor Steven Anderson (Faithful Word Baptist Church, Tempe, Arizona). It’s so crazy, it’s hilarious. See posts about it by Tyler Williams, Loren Rosson, Paul Martin, and others.
Here are some of my favorite lines:
And God said a man is someone who pisses against a wall. . [...]

0 Comments Posted in bb9, bible, big brother, culture, homiletics, sermons, videos by Patrick George McCullough
4 Nov 07

Elitism and Listening to a Sermon

I recently heard a sermon that I thought had an amazing social-justice-oriented message, but I got caught up in what I thought was the preacher’s poor exegetical method. It made me remember when I was in college and went to concerts with my music major friends. I would experience what I believed to be beautiful [...]

8 Comments Posted in exegesis, hermeneutics, sermons, social justice by Patrick George McCullough
1 May 07

When "new wine" is not "new wine" (Acts 2 vs. Luke 5)

I was recently preparing for a sermon based on the Pentecost text from Acts 2:1-41. After I had done my initial planning for the sermon, I was perusing some commentaries for possible additional insights. In one commentary (which shall remain nameless), I instead found some things that were simply false.
The one example that stands out [...]

2 Comments Posted in commentaries, exegetical fallacies, greek, sermons by Patrick George McCullough
27 Feb 07

Audio of my sermon

Earlier on the blog, I talked about my first sermon at Pasadena Mennonite Church on 12/31/06 (see the previous posts here and here). Now you can listen to it online. First is the Scripture reading by David Gist of Luke 4:41-52. Then my sermon, which is about 20 minutes. The text is on the boy [...]

2 Comments Posted in sermons by Patrick George McCullough
19 Jan 07

Sermon Conversation 2: How'd I do?

[Continued from the previous post . . . ]
The best feedback, though, came from our sermon conversation the other night. Here are some sermon excerpts and what was said about them:
Yet when we compare the story to other imaginative tales of Jesus the boy, Luke’s account seems tame. In the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas, [...]

6 Comments Posted in preaching, sermons by Patrick George McCullough
19 Jan 07

Sermon Conversation 1: My message

One of the most important aspects of my education, in my estimation, is learning how to communicate complicated bible-speak to “real people” in an accessible way. That is why I eventually want to be a teacher and a mentor for college students. That’s what I’m trying to do with this blog to some extent. Delivering [...]

0 Comments Posted in preaching, sermons by Patrick George McCullough