Burning Vapor » Sermon http://burningvapor.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:12:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 I Am Dying http://burningvapor.com/i-am-dying/ http://burningvapor.com/i-am-dying/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:00:17 +0000 paddy1mac http://burningvapor.com/?p=1199

We have been working through the book of Ecclesiastes at New City.  It has been a great book to study through and I have been  challenged on many levels.  This past week Keith preached through Ecclesiastes 9 and really focused the message on living, dying, and not wasting it all.  This is a theme that I think on more often than not.  There is not a week that goes by that I do not consider my time and the spending of it.  I am constantly asking, ‘are you wasting it?’  I fall off the side that many probably don’t.  I have to fight to not dwell on wasting my life.  I have to fight to not picture myself as an old man looking back on my life and being overwhelmed with the sense that I wasted it.  It can quickly grab my heart, drive me to depression and leave me hopeless.  The thought of wasting my life can often drive me to work harder and longer than I should, to try to please people in ways that I shouldn’t.  I confess that there are times that I feel like I need to pay God back for all that He has done for me and continues to do.  I know that I don’t deserve grace and at times I hate that I receive it.  How can someone so good love someone so evil?

But God…

I turn 37 this year and I feel like I have only truly begun to understand, apply, live out the Gospel…to live out grace.  I credit this awakening to the preaching and ministry at New City.  I have sat under many good men and they have been exactly who I have needed at the time.  It seems that God has me now at a place where I need to go back to the center of it all…the Gospel.  I have paired the sermon series with  Driscoll’s book ‘Death by Love’ and I must admit that there has been new freedom found, a new thirst for God’s mission, and a movement away from guilt to forgiveness.  Tears usually burn.

If you live in Macon, come join us as we gather at the Cox Capitol Theater and hear the Gospel…maybe applied in ways that you have never dreamed of.  If you do not live here, then follow us live on Sunday mornings or watch the recordings later on.  If you are not hearing the Gospel every week then you are missing it.  If you are not living out the Mission, then make the changes necessary to live it out.  Don’t waste it.  Jesus has called you to trust Him and there is a fine line between foolishness and faith – are you walking it?

This past Sunday I was reminded that I am dying.  I have one life.  I should feel the freedom to enjoy the good gifts that God has so graciously given as I join God on His mission.  I should be about His Kingdom and not my own.  I should not fear.  I should be a faithful fool that spends his life well.

Thank you Jesus.

]]> http://burningvapor.com/i-am-dying/feed/ 1 AMBITION: To Preach The Gospel Where Christ Is Not Known http://burningvapor.com/ambition-to-preach-the-gospel-where-christ-is-not-known/ http://burningvapor.com/ambition-to-preach-the-gospel-where-christ-is-not-known/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:13:18 +0000 paddy1mac http://burningvapor.com/?p=1146 ambition

The theme of the recent Acts 29 Boot Camp in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted by Sojourn Community Church, was ambition. Simply knowing how to plant and lead a church is not enough. Knowledge must come hand-in-hand with God-given ambition.

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]]> http://burningvapor.com/ambition-to-preach-the-gospel-where-christ-is-not-known/feed/ 0 Burning Vapor Said a Different Way http://burningvapor.com/burning-vapor-said-a-different-way/ http://burningvapor.com/burning-vapor-said-a-different-way/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 14:46:59 +0000 paddy1mac http://burningvapor.com/?p=784 I have been working on some posts to update everyone on the most recent events of our lives, and I’m almost ready to begin posting again. One of the things that has been burning inside me is the thought of challenging and encouraging others to live their lives as a burning vapor. This video is a great snapshot into that.

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We have embarked on a 4 week series entitled “The Cross”.  The series is as follows:

Week 1 – JD Thorne “Propitiation”

Week 2 – Patrick McConnell “Expiation”

Week 3 – Cameron Barham “Atonement”

Week 4 – Keith Watson “Resurrection”

My Preaching Outline

Reintroduce the Series
Define Expiation
Old Testament Illustration – Lev. 16:7-10; 21-22
New Testament Application – Heb 10:1-18
The Sacrifice – Is. 52:1, 7-9, 13-53:12
How it impacts you and I today

I’m not sure that I have ever been ready to preach on a Saturday morning, but God is gracious and merciful.  :)

]]> http://burningvapor.com/sunday-sermon-expiationcatchy-title-huh/feed/ 0 The Peasant Princess http://burningvapor.com/the-peasant-princess/ http://burningvapor.com/the-peasant-princess/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:44:15 +0000 paddy1mac http://burningvapor.com/?p=560 For those of you who keep up to date with the messages from Mars Hill, this will not be new news for you.  However, I have not had the opportunity to listen to this series and it is getting a ton of attention in the press (CNN/ABC) and even an unfair critique by a bunch of religious people (Baptist Press).  So I figured I should run on over and check out the controversy.  If you are like me and have been living a chaotic life and have not had the opportunity to check ‘The Peasant Princess’ – then I invite you to do so. Click Me!

]]> http://burningvapor.com/the-peasant-princess/feed/ 0 Stop Going to Church – Jesus the Head, We His Body http://burningvapor.com/stop-going-to-church-jesus-the-head-we-his-body/ http://burningvapor.com/stop-going-to-church-jesus-the-head-we-his-body/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:39:00 +0000 paddy1mac http://burningvapor.com/?p=473

I had the incredible opportunity to preach at New City.  It was a lot of fun for my first message .  I had a tremendous amount of things going on during my prep week (Board of Directors meeting, our stuff arrived on Saturday, I didn’t have any study resources until late Saturday night, etc, etc.) and I didn’t allow myself a proper amount of time to really soak in the passage.  I saw the direct results and made several mistakes hermeneutically and homiletically. I understand the great importance of studying a text, but this time I saw my great need to soak in a passage, to allow it to grip me and have it’s way in my heart and mind.  Lesson learned.  You can listen to it here.  

Stop Going to Church – Jesus the Head, We His body

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