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The Extravagance of God’s Love
Passage: Romans 5:6-11 Last week Paul spoke of the love of God that has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (5:5). Now he shows us the extravagance of this love, how over the top lavish it is. There has never been a display of this kind […]
Joyful In Suffering
Passage: Romans 5:1-5 Rejoice in our sufferings. Could Paul have said anything more unamerican? Who wants to rejoice in our sufferings? What could be more counter-intuitive? Who would be so crazy as to put those two words together in the same sentence? Rejoice and suffering. Isn’t that an oxymoron? You know, like act naturally, deafening […]
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Scripture Texts: Matthew 6:9; Ezekiel 36:22-23 Today is Reformation Sunday, the Sunday before October 31, the day credited with marking the beginning of the Reformation in 1517. On this occasion we celebrate the providential goodness of God for the history and heritage that is ours because of His great grace. This evening I want to focus […]
Joyful In Hope
Passage: Romans 5:1-5 We all have significant others in our lives, people who matter to us, people whose opinions matter to us and especially whose opinions about us matter to us. We all have experiences of when those opinions are very positive and encouraging, and when those opinions are negative and discouraging. We can rise […]
Our Father God II
Scripture Texts: Matthew 6:9; John 5:17-23 Imagine a church member helping with a VBS in an inner city neighborhood sharing the gospel with some children and talking about God being our heavenly father. And a child looking perplexed asks, “You mean God is someone who comes home on Friday nights drunk, hits mom, yells at us, […]
The God Who Makes Promises
Passage: Romans 4:17-25 So far in chapter four of Romans Paul has used the life and faith of Abraham to prove to the Jews Abraham was not justified by works but by faith (4:1-8), Abraham was not justified by circumcision but by faith (4:9-12), and Abraham was not justified by the law but by faith […]