I first made this Thketch for a sermon on Galatians 3. The sermon concluded a year-long journey through the whole Bible. I felt compelled to summarize the story visually. The reason Greek, Jew, Free, Slave, Male, and Female are displayed on the branches at the end is...
Listen to the sermon audio “Give me liberty, or give me…death” Who said that? Patrick Henry. These are the words that swung the opinion of the Virginia Convention to join the revolution against the British Empire. Patrick Henry had a dream of liberty and freedom for...
This weekend I will be preaching on Luke 4:14-30. This is the passage the Luke uses as his thesis statement for the whole gospel. It is “Jesus in a nutshell.” The key word is “Freedom.” Jesus’ ministry is to set the captive free. The...
Lectionary Texts: Genesis 12:1-4 John 3:1-17 My dog is a spaz. Meet Shasta. He’s my 12 pound ball of fur. He was traumatized as a small puppy. He loved running out of our sliding glass door to the back yard. One day we had the glass door open, but the screen door was...
As we have all watched the devastating earthquake in Japan with shock and horror this week, we are reminded of an important truth. Nothing is as firm and stable as we would like it to be. In our modern world we tend to think of the earth’s rocks as being a solid...
