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November 2024

November 17, 2024

Lifelong Leadership Development

Lifelong Leadership Development Genesis 39:20-23 Lifelong leadership development requires different skills. Let me ask you:...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

What to Do With the Good Things in My Life

What to Do With the Good Things in My Life Genesis 48:1-22 I want you...

April 2018

April 23, 2018

The Dreamer With a Misunderstood Call

The Dreamer With a Misunderstood Call Genesis 37:2-11 Joseph is a young man when God...

January 2018

January 16, 2018

The Unintended Blessing

The Unintended Blessing January 16, 2018 Year B Genesis 17:17-22 Have you ever been the...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

God’s Bow in the Sky

God sets a weapon (His bow) in the sky like a modern hunter would set...

March 2017

March 09, 2017

The God of Repetitive Grace

The God of Repetitive Grace March 8, 2017 Year A Exodus 34:1-9 Moses broke the...

March 07, 2017

The Sin of Jealousy for God’s Love

The Sin of Jealousy for God's Love March 7, 2017 Year A Genesis 4:1-16 Here...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

Genesis 18:1-33 Prayer and God’s Blessing

Genesis 18:1-33 Prayer and God's Blessing We can respond to the promise of God's blessing...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

Genesis 14:17-24 Giving and God’s Blessing

Genesis 14:17-24 Giving and God’s Blessing We live in a nation known for the freedom...

August 09, 2016

Genesis 12:1-9 Faith and God’s Blessing

Genesis 12:1-9 Faith and God’s Blessing A man took his girlfriend out for dinner and...

June 2016

June 02, 2016

Dismissing God’s Promises With a Laugh

Dismissing God's Promises With a Laugh June 2, 2016 Genesis 18:9-15 Someone comes to your...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

Creation and Fall by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Creation and Fall by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Creation and Fall by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (subtitled A Theological Exposition...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

The Blessing That Comes From Giving God His Share

February 19, 2016 Year C Genesis 14:17-24 When it comes to giving to God, people...

January 2016

January 07, 2016

God Can Keep Me From Sinning

January 7, 2016 Genesis 20:1-7 God comes to Abimelech and warns him that he will...

January 06, 2016

Promises Are Made in Relationships and Locations

Promises Are Made in Relationships and Locations January 6, 2016 Genesis 12:6-9 Promises are made...

January 05, 2016

Heroes and Demigods Before the Flood

Heroes and Demigods Before the Flood January 5, 2016 Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim are known...

January 04, 2016

The Image of the Triune God and the Equality of Humanity

The Image of the Triune God and the Equality of Humanity The Image of...

January 11, 2015

The First Good Thing

The First Good Thing January 11, 2015 Year B The first good thing... was that...

January 10, 2015

What Is The Outcry?

What Is The Outcry? January 10, 2015 In Genesis 18:20-21 and Genesis 19:13, God says...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

Serpentine Logic

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord...

October 01, 2014

The Spirit World

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1, HCSB) People may...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Artificial "Alien" DNA

Artificial "Alien" DNA. It sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? Yet, scientists have...

January 2014

January 10, 2014

But He Hesitated…

But He Hesitated... But He Hesitated... is a simple thought reflection from Genesis 19:16 about...

January 09, 2014

Nimrod – The First World Ruler Against God

Nimrod - The First World Ruler Against God Nimrod - The First World Ruler Against...

January 04, 2014

We Share the Same Original Family

We Share the Same Original Family We Share the Same Original Family is a science...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

Genesis 4:3-8 Being Responsible with Our Offerings

Genesis 4:3-8 Being Responsible with Our Offerings I want to challenge you to think about...

January 2013

January 02, 2013

Getting God’s Comfort in the Midst of Change

Getting God's Comfort in the Midst of Change Getting God's Comfort in the Midst of...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Jealousy Makes You Do Strange Things

Jealousy Makes You Do Strange Things “Now his brothers were really jealous; but his father...

December 28, 2012

God Cries Out for Victims of Abuse of Power

God Cries Out for Victims of Abuse of Power “We’re going to destroy this...

December 27, 2012

Why Circumcise?

Why Circumcise? “This is the covenant that you are to honor, the covenant that pulls...