Taylor Mertins

8th Sunday After Pentecost [C] – The Good News Of Being A Burden

Hosea 11.1-11, Psalm 107.1-9, 43, Colossians 3.1-11, Luke 12.13-21; What does it look like to be a fool for Christ? How important in the grammar of faith? How do we know if we are part of the redeemed? These questions and more on this episode of…

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7th Sunday After Pentecost [C] – Erasing The Record

Hosea 1.2-10, Psalm 85, Colossians 2.6-19, Luke 11.1-13; What does it look like to pastor a football team? What is the one thing needful? Is the prosperity gospel Good News? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed with guest Wil…

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6th Sunday After Pentecost [C] – The Sin Of Busyness

Amos 8.1-12, Psalm 52, Colossians 1.15-28, Luke 10.38-42; What does a basket of fruit have to do with the Gospel? Is baldness a punishment from God? What does it mean to pray with our feet? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed…

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5th Sunday After Pentecost – The Necessity of Judgment

Amos 7.7-17, Psalm 82, Colossians 1.1-14, Luke 10.25-37; What is a low anthropology? How important are holy friendships? What can the West Wing teach us about the Gospel? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed with guest Matt…

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4th Sunday After Pentecost [C] – Consequence Culture

2 Kings 5.1-14, Psalm 30, Galatians 6.1-16, Luke 10.1-11, 16-20; How important are the unnamed characters in the Bible? Is there such a thing as an inadequate prayer? What can weddings teach us about the kingdom of God? These questions and more on…

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3rd Sunday After Pentecost [C] – The Freedom Of The Christian

2 Kings 2.1-2, 6-14, Psalm 77.1-2, 11-20, Galatians 5.1, 13-25, Luke 9.51-62; Does Elijah actually pass the mantle to Elisha? What does freedom look like for a Christian? How serious is the Gospel? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely…

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2nd Sunday After Pentecost [C] – What Are You Doing Here?

1 Kings 19.1-15a, Psalm 42 & Psalm 43, Galatians 3.23-29, Luke 8.26-39; How important is place in scripture? Is there such a thing as a perfect prayer? Why does the demoniac live among the dead? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely…

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Trinity Sunday [C] – Standing In Grace

Proverbs 8.1-4, 22-31, Psalm 8, Romans 5.1-5, John 16.12-15; Why is wisdom personified in scripture? Why does the church observe Trinity Sunday? Should we read the Bible backwards? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed with…

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Easter 7C – So That

Should we wear hard hats to worship? What does idolatry look like today? Can we have actual unity in the church?

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Pentecost [C] – Relentless

Should pastors appear drunk in worship? Why do we repeat ourselves every Sunday? What does it mean for the Spirit to be our Advocate?

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