Sermon: Sunday, July 21, 2013: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Texts:   Amos 8:1-12  +  Psalm 52  +  Colossians 1:15-28  +  Luke 10:38-42 Here’s a topic you’ve not heard me spend much time on: God’s wrath. So, let’s go there.  It doesn’t take an especially close reading of the bible to uncover the fact that God is quite frequently represented as angry.  And when God … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 21, 2013: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon: Sunday, June 2, 2013: Second Sunday after Pentecost

Texts: 1 Kings 18:20-39  +  Psalm 96  +  Galatians 1:1-12  +  Luke 7:1-10 Have you ever wanted to call down fire? I’m talking about God’s wrath.  God’s judgment.  Proof that God is God.  That the so-called way it is, is not the way it is supposed to be, and that there is a higher authority … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 2, 2013: Second Sunday after Pentecost