Category Archives: Theology

The Journey So Far: Can You Have Too Many Churches?

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

If we expect to baptize and teach, then we’ve got to make some moves toward going.  Have you ever done something really insane? Have you ever done something so different that someone you knew and loved was forced to ask … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Resurrected Dreams (II Kings 4:8-35)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

My dad preached a sermon several years ago about what love was. He said that love was a relationship that must include God. We say we “loved” a movie or “love” that jersey/sweater, but that love involves people and our … Continue reading →

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The Journey So Far: How Grace Is Gonna Get You (2001-2010)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

This is part three in my blog series on my “story,” beginning with why I’m a Christian, continuing with why I’m a pastor. If you missed the first (“Why I’m A Christian“) or the second (“How Seminary Ruined My Life … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Don’t Look Back (I Kings 19:1-18)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

In one of my favorite movies growing up, a chubby kid named Chunk gets kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers named the Fratellis. They cross-examine him about the location of a treasure trove, and he doesn’t know exactly what … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Make It Rain (I Kings 18:18-38)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

In the film Leap of Faith, the traveling revivalist Jonas Nightengale is very convincing. He works with his team of con artists to make sure that small town after small town experiences a “holy moment,” so that they’ll give Nightengale more … Continue reading →

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The Journey So Far: How Seminary Ruined My Life & Made Me A Better Person (1995-2001)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

This was supposed to be called “How/Why I Became A Pastor” but “How Seminary Ruined My Life” has a certain ring to it. To be fair, this is really about college at the University of Richmond and seminary at Asbury Theological Seminary … Continue reading →

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Planes: You Can Fly Higher (Movie Review)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

In Planes, the latest Walt Disney animated flick, a young crop duster named Dusty (Dane Cook) dreams of becoming a racing plane, and ends up in the Wings Around The World competition, up against the likes of the multi-race winner Ripslinger … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: God Comes Near (I Kings 5:1-6, 8:1-13)

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

For his fourth birthday, our family pooled their funds and we bought my son a wooden play set. My wife, my inlaws, and I worked for two and a half days to screw it all together. It was one of … Continue reading →

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The Journey So Far: Why I Am A Christian (1977-1995)

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

The Prologue: When my mother was pregnant with me, she experienced the anxiety of some mothers as they awaited the coming of their first child. Whether it was a physical fear or an emotional one isn’t clear to me, but … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Uncommon Sense

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

If you could have just one thing from God, what would it be? I wish I could’ve polled you, the congregation reading this online and those in church today, to see what the answers were. I imagine they would include one more … Continue reading →

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