This morning, in our study through the Old Testament, we come to the book of Zechariah, which is the longest of all the minor prophets – 14 chapters long. And before we get into this book, I have a confession to make. This is the book that I have most dreaded getting a sermon from. …
Every day, you exchange a day of your life for something. It’s as if at the start of life, each of us was issued a certain number of coins. And these coins are hidden inside a huge machine so we don’t know how many coins we were issued or how many we have left. But,…
Before I get started this morning, I want us to take a 5-minute break to give everyone enough time to find the book of Zephaniah in your Bibles. Seriously, though, I’m going to guess that most of you are not all that familiar with Zephaniah. It’s not a book that Christians usually read when they’re…
One of the most irritating things in life has to be the frustration of trying to resolve a problem with a company over the phone. Maybe you’ve got a product that’s not working the way it’s supposed to, or you’ve been charged for something that you shouldn’t have been charged for. So, you call the…
Hollywood loves sequels. That’s why there are 14 Batman films, 26 James Bond movies, and 21 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sometimes those sequels are really good, like Toy Story 2, 3 and 4. Other times, those sequels are really lousy, like “Jaws: The Revenge”. But there’s something satisfying about sequels, because whenever…
This morning, I’d like for you to think about something that, at first, may seem to relate only to those of you who are students. But it’s actually something that is relevant for all of us. I want you to think for a moment about final exams. Now, I realize that if you’re in school,…
Exactly two weeks from today, the Jews will celebrate one of their most important holidays of the year – Yom Kippur, or as we know it in scripture, the Day of Atonement. It is a day when Jews repent of all the sins they have committed over the past year, and they turn to God…
This morning, my sermon comes from the book of Obadiah, so if you’d like to follow along in your Bibles, please turn to the table of contents so that you can find it. Because, let’s be honest, Obadiah is one of the more obscure books of the Bible. And it’s only 21 verses long,…
In August 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, DC. In that speech, he made this powerful statement: “We are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” You may be surprised to learn that…
I don’t need to tell you that the year 2020 has been a year of disasters. Even if we set aside the COVID pandemic and all the civil unrest, there were the 23 tornadoes at the beginning of this year that killed 75 people and did over $12 billion in damage. There was the earthquake…