In the Word - Entries from April 2009

The Meaning of Life: Spread the ImagePostedSaturday, April 25, 2009 @ 11 PMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tagsAs Biblical worship is more than music, but is rather a full-life response to God’s revelation, it’s important for any believer - in order to worship God ‘in Spirit & Truth’ - to understand not only who God is, but who we are in relation to Him.... More

A God who Weeps: on John 11:33-38PostedSaturday, April 25, 2009 @ 10 PMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tagsoriginally delivered at Worldwide Discipleship Association UGA in 2002 There was this one particular friend I met my sophomore year of college. When we met he was going to another school, but he and a few of his friends had joined us on a weekend... More

Josh & the Gospel: a modern-day parablePostedSaturday, April 25, 2009 @ 9 PMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tagsI don’t get to do this often, so whenever I’m asked to teach I go through a serious crisis – what is the most important thing I can share? And honestly, I have a hundred Biblical issues running through my head that all seem important to me, and I... More

The Man Born Blind: God, Evil, & Suffering - face-to-face with other's painPostedSaturday, April 25, 2009 @ 8 PMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tagsI first preached the following sermon at a WDA Campus Ministry meeting at the University of Georgia in 2002. I have been hoping to edit it into essay form to blog for some time now. My interest wa in hopes of balancing some of the other writing I’ve... More

Jesus, the 2nd Adam: what does it mean to be made in God's image?PostedSaturday, April 25, 2009 @ 7 PMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags(originally delivered to WDA campus ministry at the University of Georgia) “Lucky mud?” Is that all we are? Many of you, as college student, have likely encountered the innumerable unbiblical opinions expressed concerning who we are and what we are... More