Sermons
Reclaiming the Wilderness
I wanted to start by sharing with you the tale of an idiot—an idiot who threw away everything: his education, his career, his home. An idiot who did so in spite of good counsel, stern admonition, and even full-throated rebuke. An idiot who pursued his own destruction with reckless abandon, somehow believing it was a good... Read More →
Reclaiming the Wilderness
Note: This is a repeat of an earlier sermon. Introduction and Welcome Good morning, everybody. My name is Pastor Conrad—I guess my first name is now Pastor. I’m excited to be here with you this morning. This might be one of the largest crowds I’ve preached in front of. That’s fine; I’m not nervous. I’m... Read More →
Comfortably Numb
Well, good morning, everybody. My name’s Conrad, I’m one of the pastors here. Um, it’s always good when you can start off with the Pink Floyd cover in the morning. Amen. Um, yeah. Thank you. Introduction: The Pot Roast Story So, um, I want to start off with a story. It’s not from my life.... Read More →
Into The Wilderness
Prologue Good morning, my name is Conrad and I’m one of the pastors here at Surrey CLA. How many people in the room this morning are familiar with the idea of “wandering in the wilderness”? Typically when we talk about wandering in the wilderness, we are referring to something like this: [[[ Community – Waywardness... Read More →