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Humans invent dragons to represent the CHAOS in our world that we cannot CONTROL . Examples: Canaanite Mythology: Yam (the sea); Tunnan (sea dragon); Lotan (giant serpent); defeated by Baal Babylonian Mythology: Tiamat (the deep sea/salt water) defeated by Marduk If you keep bogies and goblins away from…

Torah: Exodus 1:1-6:1 Haftarah: Isa 27:6-28:13 , 29: 22-23 Road Map Review Dividing Two harlots Two choices: Esau and Jacob Two kingdoms Two roles of Messiah Two oxen: shor and rey-em Two sticks 1 Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: 2 “I go the…

Examples Covid 19 - Dr. Lorna Breen was at the beginning. Large # of deaths overwhelming conditions Dr. Breen contracted it. April 26 took her life Gabby Patento: 22 yr old boyfriend Brian Launry Reported missing in 2021 after a nationwide search. Died of strangulation a homicide Found Brian’s body later…

Acts 1-5 & John 15 JESUS’ FRIENDS AND HELPERS huddled together in a stuffy upstairs room. Even though it was sunny outside, the shutters were closed. The door was locked. “Wait in Jerusalem,” Jesus had told them, “I am going to send you a special present. God’s power is going to come into you. God’s…

The central thought of the text is that Jesus is the water of life that quenches spiritual thirst. THE GOAL of the sermon is that the hearers will continue to satisfy their spiritual thirst in using His Word and Sacraments. _____________________ Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and from our…

Knowing God – Part 4 – The Acts of God Proposition: God wants us to Know Him by knowing His Sovereign Acts An attribute refers to the characteristics of a person. In other words, attributes describe the nature of God. We learned that it is impossible to describe who God is in one word or a small sentence.…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Closely related to God’s omnipresence is the attribute of omniscience. God knows everything we do because wherever we go, He is already there. He knows why we do what we do because He sees our true motives even more clearly than we ourselves do. This is the truth of divine omniscience. Psalm 147:5 says…

Intro: “Fifty-eight percent of people who identify as Christian do not believe the Holy Spirit is real. At least that is what the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found in a study done in 2021. Nearly 70 percent of US adults self-identify as Christian, but many of them express…

Praise Praise the Lord , my soul. Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides…

INTRODUCTION Let’s turn together in our Bibles to Acts chapter 2. Acts chapter 2. & we’re gonna read verse 1-5. & when you find that in your Bible pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The title of today’s teaching is: Holy Spirit Baptism. In Acts 2:1-4 ... The Scriptures say... Acts 2:1–4 (NASB 2020)…

What a great day! A great day for you who are being confirmed—a day for which you have studied, waited, and prayed. A great day for you parents and family members—a day you have looked forward to for years. A great day for the pastor—a day anticipated and planned for through hours of instruction. A great…

Lech Lecha Introduction This Torah Portion: Genesis 12:1-17:27 Isaiah 40:27-41:16 John 8:51-58 In our previous Torah portion we studies Noah and the deluge We presented hidden meanings like the Broken Olive branch the dove took on her beak being Israel We spoke about how and why Noah found favour on…

What attributes of God are more shared with us? (How is God like us in His being and in mental and moral attributes?) How finely do we want to divide God’s attributes? For example, are God’s goodness and love two attributes or one? But does it really matter how we treat these attributes if we think of…

Ephesians 3:1–13 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand…

The Spirit Marches Victorious Through the Word Holy Spirit, God and Lord, come to us this joyful day with your sevenfold gift of grace. Rekindle in our hearts the holy fire of your love that in a true and living faith we may tell abroad of the glory of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our friends and…

Bless the Lord The God who Satisfies. God is an amazing and wonderful creator. He has made such an amazing and beautiful creation. How often do we take the time to revel in His artwork? Do we stop and look at what He has made with awe or do we just acknowledge it and move on? We see in Ps. 104:1-4 1…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today with Joy in our hearts. Joy for being in this space together. Joy for being able to be together. And joy for the day itself which represents the day in which our new lives can begin. We thank you and praise you this day for all these things…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this day that we celebrate Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem and immediately move to his passion, we ask that you help us to open our hearts, minds and spirits to your still speaking voice above the din of all other voices in our hearts, minds, and spirits so that…

Let us pray…God, may the words of my mouth, the meditations of all of our hearts, and the willingness of our spirits be pleasing unto you this day. Today’s time of reflection on this Psalm is going to be a bit different for us. I know I typically spend time relating the scripture to our lives but I want…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we gather this day, we are reminded that your love knows no limits and no bounds. Help us in this time to remember and reflect on this idea so that we can find comfort and peace in a time that is out of our control, and remind us that your time is perfect. Now,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

1 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to…

This morning, I want to begin a series in the book of Psalms by asking you a peculiar question: "Why are we so tired all the time?" I’m tired of this pandemic! I’m sick of wearing masks everywhere I go, I’m tired of social distancing and what it does to the local church. This seems to be a shared problem…

Introduction Last week we talked about Psalms of Orientation. These are Psalms about where you are. Way things are. The way the world is. Today we are going to bee looking at a Praise Psalm, that is also a creation Psalm, which means it is a Psalm of Orientation. With the rise of Enlightenment, philosophers…