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Tag Archives: idolatry
Sermon: Knowing and being known
Our hope may be that we will see our Pilot face to face when we have crossed the bar. But in the meantime, while we cannot fully know God, we are already, as Paul reminds the Corinthians, fully known. And we are known by a God who names himself, ‘I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy,’ even when most angry and disappointed with people who decided to worship a false god made of gold. The Lord ends the story of the golden calf by renewing the covenant that the Israelites broke, giving them a fresh start and repeating for them the Ten Commandments that they will need to live as God’s people in God’s land. (Exodus 34) Continue reading
Sermon: None of us is perfect – and that’s okay
Lent is a time when we are reminded that none of us is perfect. All of us fail and fall short; we always do, say, and do not do, things for which we need to repent. There is something soothing about knowing this: we do not need to pretend to be perfect. God knows that we are not. And despite every way in which we fail to live as the people God created us to be, God remains faithful. Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Exodus, idolatry, Lent, Lent 3, Luke 13:1-9, Repentance, sin, sinners, Year of Luke
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Sermon: Wait on the Lord
Ultimately, this is a story of God’s care for God’s people – which comes in God’s own good time. Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron, Exodus 32:1-14, idolatry, leadership, Moses, patience
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