The world can be a scary place, with accidents, assaults, disease, violence, conflicts. What are your recurring fears? We continue our series in “Songs of Rescue” looking at Psalm 55. We’ll look at what causes fear and how we tend to respond to it, and we’ll see how to find peace in the middle of fear.

They have been called the hymnbook for God’s people, instruction in the life of faith, and an anatomy of every part of the human soul. In Psalm 116 we find the encouragement to cry out to God in trust with all our joys, hopes, needs, concerns, and fears because he is caring, wise, and powerful.

We finish our exploration of Josiah’s life by following the destruction and exile of the nation he led. Can there ever be hope for exiles? What does that hope communicate to us today?

Josiah’s tragic death led Judah into a downward spiral from which it would not recover. The faithful can’t expect that their faith will make everything go right, so how are we to respond when tragedy strikes? (2nd Chronicles 35:20-27)

Holidays can evoke either sentimentality or cynicism. At their best, though, holidays point us to something significant that’s bigger than us. They show us what really matters and how we should respond. And they point us to a lasting hope. We’ll see how all that comes together in the Passover celebration from 2 Chronicles 35:1-19.

We’ve watched King Josiah lead his people into a deeper relationship with God. Learn about his recommitment to their covenant, in 2nd Kings 23:1-20, the marriage of Law and Love.

As Josiah grew deeper in faith, he began a work project to restore the Temple. In the process, a hidden treasure was found. We explore 2 Kings 22:3-20 and uncover what that treasure means for us today.

Explore the life of Josiah, the boy king. Discover how a life of faith flourished in the midst of a formerly religious society gone pagan.

We run at the gym, at work, at the airport; we run with pleasure, concern, hurry, or even joy – but who runs through a cemetery? What was it about the first Easter morning that caused people to run? And how do we respond to Jesus’ resurrection? Each year on Easter, Christians around the world celebrate Jesus’ victory over death! He is risen indeed!

Good Friday sermon at Faith Church, 2017