Through You…
What was Esau despising when he despised his birthright? Was Jacob wrong to insist on buying Esau’s birthright? How did God fulfill his promise of the birthright to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? What does his covenant fulfilled mean for our churches? We continue our study of the book of Genesis today in 25:27-34.
A Path…
This week, we begin our sermon series continuing in the book of Genesis where we left off about 2 1/2 years ago. We pick up with the birth of Jacob and Esau, the children of Isaac and Rebecca. How are we supposed to react when we doubt whether someone believes in Jesus as his or her savior, or, we have heard from someone’s own lips that they don’t believe in Jesus as their savior? Rebecca was thinking about this as…
Good Tension
What type of believer is Isaiah seeking to cultivate after a reader reads his prophecies? Do Isaiah’s strong statements of God’s judgements contradict his strong statements of comfort? How does a believer hold this in tension? We conclude our study of the book of Isaiah today in chapter 66.
How Will You React
How do we react when something traumatic happens? How did Isaiah react? Isaiah reacted with both severity and tender attachment to God’s grace and forgiveness? How will we react? We continue our study of Isaiah today in chapter 64.
Whose Blood Is This?
How do we come to terms of the gruesome picture in our text for today of the Savior’s robe splattered with the blood of others? How can we come to terms with God’s judgement and justice of sin and sinners? How can we answer those who would are offended at the exclusiveness of salvation in Christ? We consider these questions and more as we continue our study of the book of Isaiah in chapter 63.
Success!! What Is It?
What makes a church successful? Is it numbers? Is it cultivation? Is it influence? To what example should we look for what makes a church successful? We continue our study of the book of Isaiah today in Chapter 62.
Good Gracious Glory
After giving very severe judgement to Israel’s wayward worshipping of false gods, God inspires Isaiah to show the future glory waiting for Israel and the church of believers in the coming ages. When would God restore glory to the church? What form would that glory take? What is the best fulfillment of that glory? We continue our study of the book of Isaiah today in chapter 60.
Good with God? Good with Others.
Isaiah and Jesus agree; your relationship with God is intricately bound together with the people around you. Good relationship with God? You’ll want to treat the people in your life well. Bad relationship with God? You will care less how you treat the people around you? Why is this connection so important today? We continue our study of the book of Isaiah today in Chapter 59.
The Soldiers’ Easter
Have you ever considered the Easter account from the standpoint of the soldiers guarding the tomb? What impact would seeing the Easter events have had on the soldiers? If the soldiers were skeptics at first, were they skeptics at the end? We consider the Easter account from Matthew 28:1-10.
Why Stress? Why Relax?
Why is tension the enemy of progress in your relationship with God? What tension did the Jewish leaders have in their relationship with God at Jesus’ time? What tension do we have with God in our time? How can we relax and let the tension disappear? We continue our study of the book of Isaiah today with chapter 58