Everything Jesus did he did as a human. Everything.
“Everything Jesus did he did as a human. Everything.” These words from Metropolitan Mar Chrysostom to Leonard Sweet summarize Len’s...
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Matt Edwards
- Oct 19
- 2 min
Jesus and the Truth about God
A.W. Tozer famously wrote, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” I agree. Our...
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Matt Edwards
- Oct 11
- 2 min
Jesus and the Search for "The Way"
Death Cab for Cutie has never shied away from writing songs about God, meaning, and death. Their latest album, Asphalt Meadows has an...
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Matt Edwards
- Oct 10
- 2 min
You Have a Home (John 14:1–14)
On our way back from visiting my parents in Virginia this past summer, my family got off the plane at SeaTac and one of my kids said, “I...
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Matt Edwards
- Sep 20
- 3 min
The Disappearance of Rituals
Last year, I went RV camping with some friends in the Olympics (we’re all in our 40s, well past the age where we felt we had to be in a...
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Matt Edwards
- Sep 18
- 4 min
Death to Deconstruction 14: An Already but Not Yet Spirituality
I just started listening to Noah Kahan. He is an amazing songwriter and I love how he portrays life in a small town from the perspective...
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Matt Edwards
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Death to Deconstruction 13: Turn Off Cable News and Go Local
When I was in my early twenties, I used to watch a lot of cable news. I was very interested in politics and being on the right side of...
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Matt Edwards
- Sep 13
- 4 min
Death to Deconstruction 12: Theodicy through Hospitality, Fidelity, and Humility
Is it wrong to stab someone with a knife? Surgeons do it all the time. Why is it okay for surgeons to stab people when it is considered...
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Matt Edwards
- Sep 1
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 11 - Why I Read the Bible
When I was a senior in high school, I read the Bible from cover to cover for the first time. It changed my life. I was struck by its...
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Matt Edwards
- Aug 31
- 1 min
The Ministry of Reconciliation - Letters to the Churches Philemon
In several of his letters to the churches, Paul talks about the ministry of reconciliation. “In Christ,” Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:19...
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Matt Edwards
- Aug 18
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 10--Toward a Post-Evangelical Theology
In Death to Deconstruction: Reclaiming Faithfulness as an Act of Rebellion, Joshua S. Porter appeals to a generation abandoning the...
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Matt Edwards
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 9--Self Denial
The seeker-sensitive church of the 1990s emphasized teaching people how Jesus met their “felt needs.” Jesus will make you a better...
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Matt Edwards
- Aug 15
- 2 min
A Christological Paraphrase of Psalm 5
This is a paraphrase of Psalm 5, spoken as if from the mouth of Jesus. I translated it from the Hebrew and took liberties with the text...
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Matt Edwards
- Jul 31
- 2 min
Weakness and the Ministry of Reconciliation (A Sermon on 2 Corinthians)
If you were to take a moment to brag about your accomplishments, what would you say? In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul brags about his resume,...
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Matt Edwards
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Weakness and the Power of God--A Sermon on 1 Corinthians
What do you think of when you hear the word weakness? Is it a positive word or a negative one? How does weakness relate to faith? This...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 14
- 4 min
Death to Deconstruction 8--Hypocrisy
A few months ago, I was having lunch with a friend who used to be a pastor, but who had been wounded and is now undergoing the process of...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Death to Deconstruction 7--Public but not Political
“The gospel is inherently political.” People throw this phrase around today uncritically. But is it true? I think what they mean by it is...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Death to Deconstruction 6--Politics
The nastiest letters I get about my sermons are when I challenge political ideology. In 2006, during the height of the Bush...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 6
- 1 min
God's Life-Giving Presence (Joel 2:28–32)
In Romans 4:17, Paul tells us that God “gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.” God is the giver...
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Matt Edwards
- Jun 6
- 2 min
God Is Jealous for You (Joel 2:18–27)
When I was in Bible college, I had a friend I’ll call Jason. Jason was on fire for God. He had devoted his life to ministry, he was up...
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