Genesis 17:15-27Biblical Faith: More Than a Cerebral Exercise On a Sunday morning in church, we nod in agreement when we hear, “Nothing is impossible for God.” We may even be able to quote a Bible verse to that effect, such as Luke 1:37. But in our workaday, weekday world...
Genesis 17:1-14 A recurrent theme through several chapters of Genesis has been the one-sided nature of God’s covenant with Abram. God’s promises to Abram depended only on His own faithfulness and performance, not Abram’s. His covenant of salvation with us is likewise...
This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the...
Genesis 16:1-16Does God Need Our Help? Years passed after God’s promise to Abram of countless descendants, and Abram and Sarai still had no children. How difficult it is for us human beings to continue to believe God after waiting a long time for His promises to be fulfilled! Abram...
Genesis 15:7-21The Promised Land Promised God reminds Abram that He brought him out from Ur, just as He would later remind the Israelites that He brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the land of slavery (Exodus 20:2). In both cases, God brought His people out of a place that...
Genesis 15:1-6Changed by God’s Gracious Promise In Genesis 12, God promised Abram that He would make him a great nation. In Genesis 15, Abram is struggling to hold on to that promise, given that he still has no children, not even one son. In his human nature, Abram focuses on the one...
Matthew 21:1-17Palm Sunday When I was growing up, Palm Sunday was the day we children walked down the aisles of the sanctuary waving palm branches while the congregation sang the hymn “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna.” Pray that all of us will clearly understand the deep significance of...
Genesis 11:1-9Great ― God = Bad The people who built the city ultimately called Babel were unified. Pastor Shannon noted that people today similarly hunger for unity and peace but turn to means such as politics in a vain effort to achieve it. He asserted that true, lasting unity among...
Genesis 9:18-29 Thank God for a church that doesn’t skip over Scripture passages that are difficult or uncomfortable. Thank Him for the training and preparation that equip our pastors to teach us well. Many passages of Scripture are self-explanatory, but I’m confident all of us...
Genesis 9:1-17 Pastor Dave explained that, even though the “bookends” of this section of Genesis 9 are the command, “Be fruitful and multiply,” the main theme is death. Take time before the Lord to imagine a world without killing – whether man killing beast...