Intro Shalom Shalom! Peace Peace! If only such peace could be ours! Last century we suffered two global conflicts that brought much of the world to it’s knees. In the wake of the 2nd world war we thought we had learned our lesson, and that we would strive to make the world a peaceful place. We thought…

Intro Angels and Demons are part of pop-culture. They have fallen into well-worn tropes, with spiritual beings either coming up from hell, or down from heaven. The angels are white and winged, the demons are red and horned. As you trace this imagery back you will see that it flows out of Christian art…

Intro Where we were, in the midst of judgement. Like moses on the shore of the Red Sea, we must be ready to rejoice at God’s judgement and his deliverance Our passage today is in part that rejoicing. Exalting God in his Judgement v1-5 When things go well for us we generally start to take things for granted.…

Opening Prayer Mighty father, Please let the words of my mouth and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, our rock and our redeemer. Amen. Intro Christmas day. It’s one of my favorite days of the year! Unfortunately it’s not for very spiritual reasons... You see Christmas is…

Humans are Pattern Recognition machines. It's a bit crude, but it's a fair assessment. A lot of our cognitive functions are for recognising patterns. When we learn to speak a language, we are learning to recognise certain patterns of sound and then create a responsive pattern of sounds with our own mouth…

Intro The Judgement v1-7 The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. Who was Tyre? Tyre was a port city on the coast of the Mediterranean - Jut down from modern day Beirut. Technically should have…

Intro In Isaiah Book of prophecy The First 39 Chapters have lots of Judgement. Recent chapters have said a lot about other nations, but now we have an Oracle About Jerusalem. The other nations have been been proud, they have been haughty, they have not humbled themselves before God, Surely is will be…

Intro “Let love be Genuine” Let me tell you a story of a young couple. They grew up in church. They became Christians in christian families who went to church come hell or high-water. Yet when they got married they stopped going to church. For no good reason they pulled away from the churches that they…

Intro A watchman, what does he do? Watches over the city. Always watching for threats. Raises the alarm Reports what they see. We appreciate our watchman, that's why we have news & journalists, that’s why “experts” are always being interviewed: “Will the market go up or down? Will interest rates remain…