This series was based in part on Rob Renfroe's book, A Way Through the Wilderness: Growing in Faith When Life is Hard. I read this book as part of an online pastor's group where the theme was learning to be resilient. In any case, that's why the sermons in this series include so many quotes …
Continue reading Wilderness #5: Coming Out of the Wilderness
This is not something you want to see when you’re traveling. How many of you have used a GPS while traveling? We had one once and every once in awhile, we would hear the GPS voice say, “Recalculating.” Because we didn’t take the suggested directions. Sometimes this would mean the drive would take longer. It’s …
Continue reading Wilderness #4: Avoiding Wrong Turns in the Wilderness
Pastor J.D. Greear tells this story: “I once told a group of interns at our church that if they ever had days when they couldn’t feel God’s closeness, experiencing regular waves of His pleasure and mercy wash over their souls, that was proof they weren’t really saved. You should have seen the looks on their …
Continue reading Wilderness #3: Walking with God in the Wilderness
Moses said to Hobab, descendant of Reuel the Midianite and Moses’s relative by marriage, “We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.” But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go …
Continue reading Wilderness #2: Walking with Others in the Wilderness
During the season of Lent in 2018, I preached a series called "Wilderness: Growing in Faith When Life is Hard." This is the first of the series of five sermons. Over the next five days (or so) I will post them all here. I have no doubt that there are many who feel as though …
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