Before and After: The Future

Reading: Ezekiel 40:1-4, 48:29-35; Revelation 5:1-14

This is the fourth sermon in our Before and After series, this time looking at how Christians view the future. It's something we tend to get wrong from time to time...

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Preached on May 22, 2011 at PLWC.

Pick a Direction

Reading: Daniel 12:1-13; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

We finished our brief look at the book of Daniel this week, and if you're finishing Daniel you have to come to terms with the strangeness of apocalypses. The apocalyptic material in the Bible is woefully mistreated by most audiences, but if we can cut through that ridiculousness we can see just how powerful these messages are.

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Preached on November 7, 2010 at PLWC.

One Thing We Know

Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28; 2 Peter 3:1-15a

This week's sermon focused on the Parousia, which is a fifty-cent theological term that basically refers to the return of Christ. It's always fun strolling along these tightropes...

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Preached on November 8, 2009 at PLWC.