by SteveT2018 | Sep 22, 2020 | sermons2020
Abram began to doubt God’s promise. God took Abram under the night sky and said “count the stars” that’s how many children you will have. Abram’s “Amen” needed reassurance. He said Amen and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
by SteveT2018 | Sep 14, 2020 | Bible, Illustration
Download PowerPoint and Image Pack The Narrative Lectionary takes us to Genesis 15:1-6 this week. Abram begins to doubt God’s promise. God asks him to count the stars. That’s how many children Abram and Sarai will have. Abram believed God...
by SteveT2018 | Sep 17, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
What makes you laugh? Abraham and Sarah laughed at God’s ridiculous promise that Sarah would have a child in her old age. Their cynical laugh was not unfounded as it came from a place of shame and disapointment. Yet, God demonstrated that God’s desire is...
by SteveT2018 | Sep 6, 2019 | Visual Preaching
This is the first week of the Narrative Lectionary for Fall 2019. Here we see original creation. Humanity is the interdependent relationship of plurality. We are not alone. We are created in and for community. We are one flesh. We were meant to be naked and unashamed with each other, fully present as helper and partner.
by SteveT2018 | Nov 13, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon begins a three week series on Generosity. In ______ We Trust? What would you fill in that gap? Americans have been trained to say, “God” because it is printed on all our money. I wonder how true it is. Genesis 3:1-13 sets the stage for the...