Monthly Archives: January 2012

Exodus 3:13-15 This sermon is a set of “bumper stickers” for the Name of God.  Why?  Presenting it all carefully and well would take hours! — God’s Name is a verb.  God is who God acts like.  There is a … Continue reading →

Ezekiel  37:9-14 In this vision, Ezekiel is talking to God but acting on dead people.  Really dead people.  Long since past any sort of life people. The prophet speaks at the Lord’s command, and the skin and bones rise up!  … Continue reading →

Genesis 37: 1-4 Joseph and his brothers is a great story because their family makes ours look better by comparison.  The seeds for the whole mess are right here, and we can learn how to better love another person by … Continue reading →

Matthew 6:25-34 Matthew is speaking here to people who lived on less than 25 cents a day, or $91.25 a year.  If anyone had to worry about how to pay bills, feed the family, maintain the property, then these folks … Continue reading →

Ephesians 2:19-22 Listen to this truth that changes everything.  After I’m through, tell me where the church is. God destroyed the power of sin by the life and death of Jesus Christ, and placed Christ’s life in people – people … Continue reading →

Genesis 22:1-19 Abraham was promised that Isaac would be the child by whom the world would be blessed.  Then, God told the father to kill his son. Would you believe God’s promise, or trust your emotions, experience, and best judgment?  … Continue reading →

Genesis 6:11-14 “God is Love.”  We say.  “Jesus loves everybody.”  We believe.  Guess no one reads the story of Noah then, huh?  (…tell it.) Last Sunday I showed, I hope, that God saw human sinfulness for what it was – … Continue reading →

Acts 2:42-47 Doesn’t church feel good when you are surrounded by people?  The singing seems better.  The distractions are greater.  It feels alive!  When there are gaps in seating spaces, it just doesn’t feel like that. It could.  We need … Continue reading →

Matthew 13:31-32 “My ways are not your ways…” says our God in Isaiah.  Yet, most churches try to thrive, or at least survive, by our ways of doing things.  You know how that goes.  We do what we are good … Continue reading →

Genesis 3:8-19 This passage answers all we need to know about human nature, and therefore our need of a Savior.  First, the story (…tell it). Now the point.  Where did this trouble come from?  Not from any sexual act.  Not … Continue reading →