Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Acts 9:10-19a August 30, 2015 The late British New Testament scholar F. F. Bruce declared that “no single event, apart from the Christ-event itself, has proved so determinant for the course of … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Acts 9:1-9 August 23, 2015 As we continue working through the first half of Acts, we come to a pivotal point, the conversion of Saul, who became Paul, the greatest missionary of our … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church August 16, 2015 Acts 8:26-40 I grew up on the first generation of Star Trek, which seems a bit dated now. The special effects were somewhat cheesy, but back in the day, … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Acts 8:3-24 August 9, 2015 Last Sunday, we explored the passage of Stephen’s martyrdom. The blood of martyrs often fertilize the soil for church grown and as disturbing as reports of Christians … Continue reading
Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith (New York: Harper Collins, 2009), 216 pages. Where do we encounter the divine? Have we created a false dichotomy, partitioning God off into a corner, away from our daily … Continue reading
This is my thoughts on Sailboat Church: Helping Your Church Rethink Its Mission and Practice by Joan Gray (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2014). In Sailboat Church, Joan Gray uses a sailboat as a metaphor for what a Spirit-filled Church … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church August 2, 2015 Acts 6:8-15, 7:51-60 Last week, as we learned the Apostles could not do everything by themselves. Like us, they were human so they began a process to select others to … Continue reading
