“Remember Your Congregation”

December 6, 2017September 25, 2019 bigspringschurchAnointed One, Babylonian exile, Exodus, Messiah, Psalm 74, psalm of lament

Psalm 74:1-23; Luke 1:67-80December 3, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: Do you remember seeing images of Muslims in the Middle East celebrating the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York on 9/11? In addition to that, there were reports, not televised, in New Jersey of a few Muslims who also celebrated the terrorist attacks. Our text today is a psalm of lament by Israel after the Babylonians invaded their land and destroyed their cities and their fields. They also destroyed their capital city…

Men’s Bible Study: “The Gospel According to Joshua”

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 bigspringschurchcovenant of grace, covenant of works, Exodus, genocide, holy war, Jericho, jihad, Joshua, law and gospel, Moses, Promised Land, Rahab

The men are currently visiting a period in Biblical history known as “The Conquest of the Promised Land” in the Book of Joshua. But in recent times, the most heated discussion when Joshua is mentioned is about the command by God to the Israelites to “devote” everyone and everything “to destruction” as they conquered the cities in the land. How can a good, loving God command “genocide”? Join us as we embark on a “conquest” of this and several other themes and issues in seven Lessons from the White Horse…