Texts: Hosea 1:2-10 + Psalm 85 + Colossians 2:6-15 + Luke 11:1-13 Preaching last week on God’s wrath, I named a couple of ways that most of us dodge the discomfort of dealing with divine anger — by defending ourselves as mostly good, or by declaring that most of us (though not all) are good. … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 28, 2013: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
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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