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Deadly Sins: Pride – James 3

James alerts us to two kinds of wisdom, two ways to become adept at navigating the world. There is a kind of wisdom marked by pride, it comes “from below,” it is “earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.” But there is a second kind of wisdom, a…

Justin BaileyMarch 5, 2017

Gospel of Luke New Testament NT Narrative Sermons

The Lame Shall Enter First – Luke 18

Grace turns the tables on all our little comparison games and ranking systems. And this parable resounds with the reminder that only those who know they need grace are able to receive it, and only those who receive it are able to show it. Preached…

Justin BaileyFebruary 19, 2017

Gospel of Luke New Testament NT Narrative Sermons

The Life You Save May Be Your Own – Luke 10

Sometimes it seems like there are too many things to care about, too much injustice, too much inhumanity, all thrown into the political spin cycle and then flung towards us from every imaginable media outlet. The problems seem so intractable, too big for our brains,…

Justin BaileyFebruary 5, 2017

Gospel of Luke New Testament NT Narrative Sermons

The Outrageous Invitation – Luke 14

Many times we are comfortable with and complicit in injustice because our minds are simply occupied with making sure that we are on the inside, that we are included, that our place at the table is safe. And so we need to hear Jesus blow…

Justin BaileyJanuary 22, 2017

Books

Favorite Reads in 2016

I read 61 books in 2016. About half were for my academic work. About 20 were fiction. About 20 were audiobooks. I keep track of my reading on Goodreads. Here are the favorite books I read this year: Favorite Serious Novel: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. I wrote a dissertation…

Justin BaileyDecember 30, 2016

Book Reviews Christian Witness & Apologetics

Imaginative Apologetics (Book Review)

What does it mean to describe apologetics as “imaginative?” The authors of this volume understand it in at least two ways. First, it means a greater interest in imaginative works (i.e., literature and the visual arts). But more fundamentally, imaginative apologetics entails a rejection of…

Justin BaileyNovember 16, 2016

Jonah Old Testament Sermons

When Prayer Prevents Piety – Jonah 2

Everyone agrees that Jonah rebels in chapter one. But the question is when Jonah repents. Some think that Jonah begins to repent in chapter one, when he has the sailors throw him into the sea. Others think that Jonah repents in chapter two, when he…

Justin BaileyNovember 14, 2016

Thinking about Disenchantment: An Assist from C.S. Lewis for Understanding Charles Taylor

In pre-modern times, people lived in an “enchanted” world. There was a world of spirits, demons, and moral forces. God acted as the bulwark against evil, the means by which to hold these forces at bay. This means that the world is intrinsically less manageable,…

Justin BaileyOctober 26, 2016

Acts New Testament NT Narrative Sermons

Title or Testimony? – Acts 26

God’s work in our lives gives us a testimony to new purpose, news to proclaim, and the ability to live with poise. The first is a new direction, the second is a new declaration, the third is a new disposition. Preached at Grace Pasadena in…

Justin BaileySeptember 3, 2016

Acts New Testament NT Narrative Sermons

Whatever Gods May Be – Acts 17

Vagueness in our beliefs about God is not merely an affliction of the young and the restless. It reflects a much larger uncertainty in our culture towards ideas of God. And there are many reasons for this. For one thing, when we encounter the diversity…

Justin BaileyAugust 21, 2016

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Deadly Sins: Pride – James 3

The Lame Shall Enter First – Luke 18

The Life You Save May Be Your Own – Luke 10

The Outrageous Invitation – Luke 14

Favorite Reads in 2016

Imaginative Apologetics (Book Review)

When Prayer Prevents Piety – Jonah 2

Thinking about Disenchantment: An Assist from C.S. Lewis for Understanding Charles Taylor

Title or Testimony? – Acts 26

Whatever Gods May Be – Acts 17

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