Do not let evil defeat you

Do not let evil defeat you (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Romans 12:9-21, Jeremiah 15:15-21
September 3, 2017

Do not let evil defeat you.

Do you believe in a personal devil?  I don’t know.  I don’t know if I do or not, but I most definitely do not believe in anything like the caricatured devil of fable and popular culture, you know, some kind of hideous, sneering, leering red demon with horns and a trident.… Continue reading ...

Moses

Moses (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Exodus 1:8 – 2:10
August 27, 2017

I pulled him out of the water, and so I name him Moses …

Moses.  His name was Moses, which means “pulled out,” because he was pulled out of the water, pulled out of the place among the reeds at the edge of the river where his mother has hidden him, pulled out by the slave of an Egyptian princess.… Continue reading ...

My servant

My servant (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 52:13
February 22, 2015

I am angry, and I am frightened.

I am frightened by ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.  You know about the horrible scene on the beach in Libya, where members of ISIS beheaded twenty-one Egyptian Christians.  It is appalling, revolting, unbearable, unwatchable.  I refuse to watch the video and I quickly swipe past every time a story or photo of the event comes up on the news apps on my phone. … Continue reading ...