Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 9:51-62 Sermon notes: “Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue…as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.” Victor Frankl Luke 9:51…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 9:37-50 Sermon notes: Proverbs 3:11-12 11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, 12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. Luke 9:37-43 37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 9:18-27 Sermon notes: Paul Tillich: 3 existential fears Death…Non-existence Guilt…we are accountable Meaninglessness…contingency and suffering 3 patterns at death: Need for forgiveness…a deep regret Need for remembrance…nonexistence Need for meaning…that our life had made a difference 18 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 9:1-17 Sermon Notes: Luke 9 And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 3 And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money;…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 8:22-39 Sermon notes: Luke 8:1-3 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna, the wife of…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 8:1-21 Sermon Notes: 1 Cor: 8:1-3 We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God. Proverbs 24:3-4 3 By wisdom a house is built,…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 7:17-35 Sermon Notes: Stages of faith development… 1. Recognition of God 2. Life of discipleship 3. The productive life 4. The wall…things aren’t working anymore. There has to be more. 5. Inward journey…letting go of ego 6. Outward journey…surrender 7. The life of love Matthew 14:3-5 3 For Herod had seized John…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 7:1-10 Sermon notes: Luke 7:1-10 English Standard Version (ESV) After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. 3 When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders…
Jeff Tacklind’s Easter message The Easter Effect and How it Changed the World “the joy of people who had become convinced that they were witnesses to something inexplicable but nonetheless true. Something that gave a superabundance of meaning to life and that erased the fear of death. Something that had to be shared. Something with…
Jeff Tacklind’s message on Luke 6:37-42 Sermon notes: “Without the infinite personal God, all a person can do, as Nietzsche points out, is to make systems. In today’s speech we would call them game plans. A person can erect some sort of structure, some type of limited frame in which he lives, shutting himself up…