Category: Sermons

How do you meet God? Have you ever thought about that question? If Moses was with us today, I think he would say it’s very easy, God just shows up; you will know it when it happens. In this Sunday’s story, Moses and the Israelites return to the mountain where Moses first met God. So…

Faith often ebbs and flows. One day we soar with faith – God can do anything! The next day we wonder if we know God at all. That’s the human struggle, but God desires to help us be more sure of God’s presence and provision. So God gives us tests to build our faith and…

Do you belong to a club such as a health club? If so, then you probably have some sort of a contract. You might not be required to actually go and take advantage of the benefits of the club, but you certainly must pay your dues to continue membership. Or, you may be a member…

Imagine going to the garden of Jesus’ tomb that Resurrection Day so long ago. Of course, Jesus’ friends didn’t understand (as they said) “what this rising from the dead meant.” But some women went out to the tomb, and one of them, Mary Magdalene, lingered there. In lingering, she is the one to whom Jesus…

Have you ever thought of God showing up to fight for you? Most of us probably do not have that image of God. Perhaps we even think of God as reluctant to help us, or think of God’s willingness to help us as being dependent on our own devotion. The series of plagues in Exodus…

What do you have confidence in? What creates a sense of security? Is it the economy? Your job or retirement fund? As we know, these things are sometimes up causing us to feel good and secure, but other times things are not so good. Although ups and downs seem always to be present in life,…

Things are getting tense in Egypt because God’s plagues keep coming. No sooner than the frogs die, millions of annoying insects show up, sent by God. But this time God’s children are spared. God sets them apart, and from here on out they suffer none of the consequences the Egyptians experience during the remaining plagues.…

God answers prayer. Pharaoh was about to learn that fact. But at present, Pharaoh thought of himself as in charge of things and people. This week as we study Exodus, the divine plague sent was frogs. One of the Egyptian gods was Heget, a frog, goddess of fertility. Boy does God have a sense of…