Christians are pilgrims and strangers traveling in this barren land, living between redemption and the Promised Land. But as God’s people, “you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Eph 2:19).
Read MoreJoshua 21:1-3, 41-45; Galatians 3:23-29 August 20, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: “I take you to be my lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health, until death do we part or you turn into a zombie. Because then we’re going to have to start seeing other people.” “I promise that even though we have cell phones, I will never forget your number. You will be my phone call when the whole system crashes.” “With our wonderful chemistry, I know we would truly win the…
Read MoreJoshua 13:1-14:15; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 August 20, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Near the beginning of our study of the Book of Joshua, we learned that after crossing the Jordan River on dry ground, the Israelites were commanded by God to set up a memorial of 12 stones, each stone representing a tribe of Israel. The memorial was built so that the following generations of Israelites would know that their forefathers crossed the river after the LORD dried it up. Then they would fear the…
Read MoreJoshua 11:1-23; 12:1, 7-8; John 6:38-40 August 13, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: In recent days, there has been much saber-rattling between the United States and North Korea. North Korea threatens to send a few missiles to the waters near Guam, and the United States has threatened retaliation “with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Both are flexing their nuclear muscles, but the whole world knows that the United States can destroy the whole world many times over with its weapons. Both countries…
Read MoreGenesis 2:1-3; Leviticus 23:26-28, 32; Hebrews 4:1-13 January 22, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Yesterday most of us witnessed the orderly, peaceful and transfer of power from one administration to the next. It was beautiful to witness, reminding us all to be thankful to the Lord who gave us liberty and freedom in this land. So we can sing with joy, O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern impassion’d stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! In President Trump’s inaugural speech, as in most…
Read MoreThe 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…
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