“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” – Revelation 4:11 As we come to the end of this first Reflection series on Creation, I find myself stepping outside more slowly. I’ve been … Read more
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. – Romans 1:20 Have you ever stood facing a mountain range or the vast ocean and felt overwhelmed by the beauty before you? Or maybe … Read more
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. – Isaiah 40:28 It’s one thing to believe God created the world. It’s another to realize He still cares for it. Isaiah reminds … Read more
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. – Colossians 1:15-17 … Read more
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. – John 1:1-3 From the very first words of his gospel, John pulls back the curtain … Read more
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech; they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the … Read more
This week’s sermon was our fourth message in our series entitled “Strengths & Weaknesses – the story of Samson. We studied Judges 16:1-21 and we honed-in on the sin of lust. Samson had a special calling on his life, but in reality, his life bore little resemblance to a person after God’s own heart. He … Read more
We’ve all had moments of at least vengeful thoughts, if not actions. When we go down that path, things will almost always escalate on us, and our situation will quickly get out of control. Author Alexander Dumas got it right when he said “Hatred is blind and anger deaf: the one who pours himself a … Read more
Judges 14 begins to uncover another one of Samson’s great weaknesses, arrogance. It gets him in a lot of trouble very quickly. Arrogance is a trap that we should take seriously and what Samson stumbles into can be a cautionary tale for us all.
On Sunday we began a new series on the life of Samson, called “Strengths & Weaknesses.” Even in just unpacking the miraculous birth of Samson and beginning to examine his life we could see that what you do with your strengths and weaknesses will define your legacy. Samson doesn’t do a very good job managing … Read more