I preached the following message on Sunday, January 15, 2023. It was inspired in part by the book I mention below. It is based on the story found in Isaiah 36-37. My main text was King Hezekiah's prayer found in Isaiah 37:15-20. In her wonderful and challenging book, The Deepest Belonging: A Story About Discovering …
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As a New Week Begins . . .
I confess that I sometimes don't want the new week to begin. I know that it will be busy. I know that it will likely follow a pattern similar to the previous week. I know that some things will go well and smoothly and other things won't. I know that sometimes I will take great …
Misunderstanding Jesus
This is my sermon from Sunday, January 8, 2023. It is based on Luke 2:41-52. Years ago when my wife Alisha chose to go to Houghton College in New York, her best friend Janis also decided to go there. Houghton is a Christian college. And Janis’s parents had a lot of trouble understanding why she …
Advent Week 2: Finishing God’s Sentences (Or Trying To!)
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came to her and said, "Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you." But she …
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God of the Past, Present, and Future
When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed. They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord: “For he is good; his faithful love to Israel …
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