A String of Forks

Preached on July 22, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: 2 Samuel 15:10-14; Luke 15:11-32.

This week we began to look at what it means to be a person of grace, because grace characterizes the people of God. To start us out, we're learning from Absalom's mistakes as well as the example of the Prodigal Son's father.

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Mixing Things Up

It's been a few weeks since I've gotten around to updating anything on here, so I've posted my latest sermon below and I thought I'd add a couple of photographs as well. First up is a shot from a guest photographer -- namely, Carey -- taken on a recent trip out to Boulder Field at Hickory Run State Park. The temptation is to post lots of pictures of my dog doing the odd things he does, but in the interest of quality I'll post only the cream of the crop.

Calvin on a Rock (courtesy of Carey Richards)

And next up, here's a shot of a yellow lily I took last night. And lest I be accused of just posting another stupid close-up of a flower, this one has a bug in it:

Green and Yellow

Inside the Walls

Preached on July 15, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Joshua 1:1-9; Isaiah 7:1-2, 10-16.

Last week was Vacation Bible School week at PLWC, so our sermon started by thinking about some of the things the kids learned during VBS. Specifically, we focused on what the Bible tells us about God is with us.

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Surely, God, You Meant...

Preached on July 1, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-11; Romans 1:16-17

We're switching gears a little bit with this week's sermon. Theodicy is the technical term for the problem of evil; that is, the question of how a good, all-powerful God can allow evil things to happen, especially to good people. Many people are familiar with the story of Job, but there's another book in the Bible that deals with this problem -- the book of Habakkuk -- and Habakkuk has some pretty challenging things to say.

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