Idols, Icons, and the Ark

by | Mar 1, 2017 | Weekly Words

In the story that we looked at Sunday, we saw God not only force the statue of the Philistine god Dagon to bow, but He also removed the head and arms of the idol to reveal its true nature. The point was: the Creator is not okay with us worshiping His creation. All of...

Knowing His voice

by | Feb 15, 2017 | Weekly Words

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. | John 10:27 This Sunday we looked at the story of God calling Samuel to be His prophet in 1 Samuel 3 (sermon is here). As God calls him, Samuel is confused by the voice he hears. He keeps responding to Eli,...

The biggest failure

by | Jan 13, 2017 | Weekly Words

I have watched (and listened) to a few things over the last week that touch on the current notion of purpose. Specifically, the struggle that many are having with a life that feels meaningless, undirected, and utterly purposeless. This feeling causes people to lose...

Resisting the Scoffers

by | Jan 10, 2017 | Weekly Words

Scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” | 2 Peter 3.3-4...

Using the right tool

by | Jan 3, 2017 | Weekly Words

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may...

Changing the calendar

by | Dec 29, 2016 | Weekly Words

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:  a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to...