When Abram was 75 years, the LORD appeared to him and said, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you …
How difficult it can be to trust in God and his timing! Though as we saw last week, God is completely trustworthy in keeping every promise he makes, as we also saw, he is in no hurry to keep those promises. For we learned with regard to the promised land …
As we saw recorded in Genesis 12,[1] when the LORD first appeared to Abram, he asked him to leave his home and go to a land he would show him and he further promised to make of him a great nation.[2] We saw that this promise of both land and …
Unlike most of you present here this afternoon, I never had the privilege of meeting and knowing Stephani. This is my loss for judging from everything I’ve heard, she was a sweet, loving, caring young woman who loved her family; loved her friends; loved nature—Stephani loved life. And she was …
So far we’ve seen at least two separate occasions when the LORD appeared to Abram: Initially in the opening verses of Genesis 12 when the LORD promised to make of Abram a great nation;[1] then a second time at the end of chapter 13 when the LORD reiterated that he …
After being a bit tough with Abram last week by focusing on how he twice lied—and had Sarai lie—in saying she was his sister rather than his wife in order that his life might be spared, this morning I’m going to make a 180º turn and praise Abram. For what …
Since part of what we do each week in during our worship service is to seek God’s help and confess our sins, I thought I’d begin this part of the morning’s service by asking you about one particular sin, that of lying: So, have you ever lied? That is, have …
Last week we noted how God was able to bring clarity out of the confusion that resulted when people chose to build a city for themselves with a tower reaching to the heavens in order that they might make a name for themselves.[1] Because these aspirations went against God’s original …
This morning I’m going to pick up where I left off on March 15th. As I noted last week, the last historical account we looked at from Genesis was that of how the LORD from his good favor chose to rescue and deliver Noah and his family from the rampant …
March 22nd, ten weeks ago, was the last time we were able to meet for worship as Larry Schell proclaimed Christ’s Word to us; March 15th, eleven weeks ago, was the last time I had the privilege of proclaiming Christ’s Word to you. Oh, how I’ve missed you. And, oh, …
