Category Archives: Sermon

Exodus 3:1-12; Matthew 16:21-28 – August 30, 2020 INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 3:1-12 There arose a “Pharaoh who knew not Joseph.” He oppressed the Hebrews and asked them to make bricks without straw. This new Pharaoh was threatened by the sheer numbers of the Hebrew slaves and issued an edict that all the Hebrew baby boysContinue reading “Holy Ground”

Isaiah 51:1-6; Matthew 16:13-20; Romans 12:1-8 – August 23, 2020 INTRODUCTION TO MATTHEW 16:13-20 If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator; If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist; If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us anContinue reading “Rocks”

Psalm 67; Genesis 45:1-15; Matthew 15:22-31; Romans 11:1-2, 29-32 – August 16, 2020 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 45 Joseph was a dreamer.  Unfortunately, he did not keep his dreams to himself.  When he shared with his brothers a dream about them bowing down to him, they sold him into slavery and told his father he wasContinue reading “God’s Table”

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Matthew 14:22-33; Romans 10:5-15 – August 9, 2020 INTROUCTION TO GENESIS 37:1-4;12-28 Jacob, now also known as Israel finally has a son by his beloved Rachel.  That son is named Joseph.  Sibling rivalry being what it is evolves into attempted fratricide only to be curtailed by an opportunity to make a financialContinue reading “Steps of Faith”

Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21; Genesis 32:22-31; Matthew 14:13-21; Romans 9:1-5 – August 3, 2020 INTRODUCTION TO CONFESSION–GENESIS 32:22-31 Jacob has a hard time at night. Last week we read that as he left his home to find his dream wife, he had a dream of a Ladder coming down from heaven. Now as he prepares toContinue reading “God’s Blessing”

Genesis 29:15-28; Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33; 44-52 – July 26, 2020 Hear the word of God from Matthew 13:31-33; 44-52… Let us pray. Open our eyes to see your truth.  Open our ears to hear your voice. Open our souls to sense your touch.  Open our hearts to feel your love. Open our minds toContinue reading “The Rule of God”

Genesis 28:10-22; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43; Romans 8:12-25 – July 19, 2020   INTRODUCTION Genesis 28:10-19a In the verses just prior to ones I am about to read, we learn that Esau marries the daughter of Ishmael, the first son of Abraham born to Hagar, the Egyptian servant of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.  Not only did Jacob’s olderContinue reading “The Patient Farmer”

Genesis 25:19-34; Psalm 119:105-112; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23 – July 12, 2020 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25:19-34 Once again, God seems to linger in fulfilling his promise to make a great nation of Abraham’s progeny. Isaac is 40 by the time he married Rebekah. Another 20 years go by before his wife gives birth toContinue reading “The Great Sower”

Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Psalm 45:10-17; Romans 7:15-25; Matthew 11:16-19; 25-30 – July 5, 2020 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 24:34-48 We’ve seen God’s promise to Abraham and Sarah result in the birth of a son Isaac.  Last week we saw Abraham pass the ultimate test of his faith in being willing to sacrifice his only sonContinue reading “Rest”

Genesis 21:8-21; Ps 69:7-10, 11-15, 16-18; Matthew 10:24-39; Romans 6:1-11 – June 21, 2020 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS- Abraham had a dilemma.  He had a promise from God that he would be a father, but he and Sarah had gotten impatient waiting for God to fulfill the promise.  So, Sarah gave her handmaid Hagar to AbrahamContinue reading “On the Sparrow”