As Mark shared two weeks ago, we’re using these summer months to look at the Psalms of Ascent—the psalms that were sung by the people of God as they pilgrimed from their homes to Jerusalem for the annual feasts. These were psalms that provided hope and encouragement to those who traveled, and it is our hope that by God’s grace these psalms may do the same for us as well. Today we are looking at Psalm 122.
We’re spending these summer months looking at the “habits of grace” found in the pages of both the Old and New Testaments. As we’ve said from the beginning, these habits are not to be seen as onerous tasks rooted in human effort, but instead as gifts given to us by God and rooted in Christ’sredeeming…
Can you imagine going about your everyday routine and happening upon a heated exchange between individuals or groups at odds with one another? In today’s world, what would everyone do? Reach for their cell phones, record it then place the content in the annals of history through social media. In our text today, John captures…
As Lou indicated last week, we’re using these summer months to look at the OT. And this year, we’re focusing on the “habits of grace” that should be evident in the life of a believer. And as believers, who’ve been transformed by the grace of God, our call is not to jettison grace in favor…
As many of you know, Mark and I spent the time between Easter Sunday and Ascension Sunday looking at kingdom stories from the book of Acts, and in particular at how the gospel triumphed through the faithful witness of the early church. So today’s sermon is sort of like an origin story. Notes
