Sermons from November 2024
Sickness & Pride
Isaiah 38-39 Amen. Turn to Isaiah 38 and 39. Last week, we looked at 36, 37. There’s a four chapter break, if you will, between two major sections of the scripture of the book of Isaiah. But also we looked at the Israelites, the people of Judah surrounded by Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, Hezekiah’s prayer. And then tonight we look at Hezekiah’s sickness, but also his pride. And so let’s hear God’s word together. 38 and 39. 39 is…
Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer
Psalm 65 Amen, you can be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to Psalm 65. Psalm 65 is a psalm of King David. In the order of the Psalter, you may look back to 64 and 63 and on back, and you’ll probably see that this psalm seems a little out of place. This is a psalm that is full of joy and gladness. observation for who God is and what he’s given. But if you back up…
Yahweh Strengthens
Isaiah 36-37 Amen. Turn to Isaiah 36 and 37. So we get a little break tonight in 36 and 37, and then next week we’ll look at 38, 39. This is kind of a four chapter little interlude. So chapters 1 to 35 are all the judgment, doom and gloom, pre-exile. Then you get this little four chapter interlude of basically straight up historical facts, stories, two different scenarios in the life of Hezekiah. And then it’s on to the…
Healthy Recipe
1 Thessalonians 5:25-28 You can be seated. Turn in your copy of the scripture to 1 Thessalonians 5, verses 25 through 28 are the ending, the last verses of this little letter. We’ll pick up in 2 Thessalonians probably in January, February. Next week, we’ll look at, I believe, Psalm 65 ahead of Thanksgiving, a Psalm of Thanksgiving. for the bounty of the earth. And then afterwards, we’ll spend several Sundays on the various covenants God makes with various people,…
Judgement and Redemption
Isaiah 34-35 Let’s give our attention to God’s word beginning, Isaiah 34, verse one. Draw near, O nations, to hear and give attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear and all that fills it, the world and all that comes from it. For the Lord is enraged against all the nations and furious against all their host. He has devoted them to destruction, has given them over for slaughter. Their slain shall be cast out and the stench of their…
Asking God to Do What Only God Can Do
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 1 Thessalonians 5, 23 and 24. The Apostle Paul says to the Thessalonian church, as he writes from Corinth, Amen. The word of the living God. I think a number of you are familiar with the ancient church father, St. Augustine. He was the Bishop of Hippo, a city in North Africa. Perhaps some of you in Western civilization have had to read the confessions of St. Augustine, basically his autobiography, his long writing of how he…
We Wait for God
Isaiah 33 Isaiah 33 is our passage for this evening. So make your way there and begin reading. It says, this is speaking of Assyria, all you destroyer. Who yourself have not been destroyed? You traitor, whom none has betrayed. When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you. Oh Lord, be gracious to us. We wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of…
Pay Attention to Truth
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 Amen. You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5, 19 through 22. 1 Thessalonians 5, 19 to 22. We’re just a couple verses away from ending and then we’ll make our way into 2 Thessalonians. The Thanksgiving break will give us time to think about a psalm, I think the third week or so, maybe a couple weeks from now. And then we’re gonna look at the theme…