Third in a series on Calvinism, this sermon takes a look at the Biblical view of God versus the view as handed down to us by the Greeks.  They sermon looks at the implications of the Greek view on our current understandings of who God is and how this God works in our lives.

THis sermon comes from Lamentaitons 3:22-27 and is taken from Jeremiah's wonderful statement that "the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases."  This was said in the midst of the great suffering of Israel because of Babylon's military incursion and defeat of Israel.  The sermon talks how Lamentations functions as a great comfort and reminder poem of how to respond to suffering.

This sermon comes from Exodus 5:1-6:1 and it is about the conflict between Pharaoh (Thutmose III) and the people of Israel who were being held captive in Egypt.  The sermon contrasts the demands of Pharaoh against the laws given by God to Israel in the Ten Commandments.  The premise of the sermon is that the laws that God gives us to govern our lives as his people are far lighter and benevolent toward us than the onerous commands of Pharaoh.

This sermon begins with the experience of young boy Samuel and the voice he heard in the middle of the night.  Samuel learned a good lesson about being tuned in for God's voice in his life, and that is the subject of the sermon this morning.

This sermon begins a 3-lesson introduction to Advent (which begins December 3, 2017.  This introduction explores the idea of what God is doing in the world and has been doing since the time after the Fall.  This sermon takes its text from Micah 6:6-8.

This sermon is about the decision of Israel to reject God's leadership.  Instead of God, the people when to Samuel and said, "We want a king like all the nations around us."  This sermon is about how such a humanistic, pragmatic approach to faith isolates us from his blessing.

Exodus 19:1-8 is the text for this sermon.  The sermon has the Exodus as its core event and discusses how, after the Fall, mankind has constantly been moving away from God. Nevertheless, God has persevered in seeking to return mankind to full relationship with him.

This sermon comes from Genesis 6:1-8 and is about the disappointment that God experienced because of the Fall and the resulting corruption of the world he created.  This sermon also looks at how God is responsive to humanity, even changing his mind.

This sermon takes its text from Luke 11:14-23, and it is the second in a 2-part series about the war that God is carrying on against evil.  This sermon explores how God is steadily at work restoring the creation to its original form as Satan is defeated.

This sermon is part of a two-sermon series.  It explores the hatred that God has for evil and how God has set about from the Fall to defeat evil and set aright the Creation.  The sermon examines the oft quoted idea that "everything happens for a reason."  The sermon is pertinent to any discussion of the Resurrection because of the role that the Cross plays in the defeat of evil and the victory of God.