Sermons
Abraham Week 11: Faith and Judgment
We don’t like to hear teaching on judgment. The culture is constantly telling us, “Judge not lest ye be judged!” But righteous judgment is the other side of the coin of justice. In the part of Abraham’s story, judgment falls on Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot loses virtually everything, but God exhibits mercy by sparing him…
Abraham Week 10: Faith and Prayer
We typically think of prayer as initiating with us, but it is God who initiates our praying to Him. We’ll study the fascinating ways God uses prayer to help us engage with Him and His purposes, often through our daily experiences.
Abraham Week 9: Faith’s Credulity
Sometimes things seem incredulous, beyond human understanding. And something this is exactly where the God who can do the impossible. Incredulity becomes credulity!
Abraham Week 8: Faith’s Commitment
Abraham discovers that “with God anything is possible.” God makes another covenant with Abraham, but this time the covenant is a covenant of commitment.
Abraham Week 7: Faith and Failure
This section from Genesis 16 “has it all,” about every human misery that results when we let our desires run amok. These disasters affect not just ourselves but the very ones we love most–and sometimes for a very long time!
Abraham Week 6: Faith’s Covenant
God makes a covenant with Abraham that will demonstrate His commitment to Abraham and Abraham’s descendants forever. It involves a stunning prophecy, an exact fulfillment of that prophecy, and a stunning sacrificial twist in story, illustrating the grace of God to us sinners.