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Living at the Table
Passage: John 6:48-58 Last week we considered how to be Christians who live under water, under the water of our baptism. We said as water is essential for physical life so water is essential for spiritual life. We talked about daily living out our baptism by remembering it and by improving it. This week it is […]
Laughter, Wine, Greatness — What Good Are They?
Passage: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 Listen & Download Audio Series: Ecclesiastes Preacher: Mike Brummel
Living Under the Water
Passage: Romans 6:1-5 Living under the water. I want to wade into deep water with you this morning. Baptism is filled with an ocean of meaning and every baptism is a call to remember our own. This morning I want to call us to be a people who live under water. I want to explore with […]
The Vanity of Wisdom
Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 were a poetic prologue, an introduction. His poetic evaluation of all human endeavors was that they are “hebel,” vapor, fleeting, futile, vanity. Mankind can’t save himself or gain any real advantage in this world for the next. Now in Eccl. 1:12-18 Solomon rolls up his sleeves and get to work. […]
Inquiring of the Lord
Passage: I Samuel 23:1-5 It is human nature to want answers to our questions and solutions for our problems. The human mind is incredibly uncomfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity. We don’t like not knowing what’s going on and what to do. We are meaning-seeking creatures. Covid has shown us that. Scripture gives us two perspectives on […]
Our Search for Meaning in a Fallen World
Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 The year was 399 AD. The place was the capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople. We know it today as Istanbul in Turkey. The Emperor was Arcadius who ruled the eastern half of the Roman Empire. Because he was a weak ruler he was easily dominated by strong ministers of state, like […]