ME: There’s a cultural phenomenon going on in our world today called “cancel culture”. What it says is that if you express views that are contrary to those acceptable by a particular group - whether that be a group of friends, a business, a media channel, a government official, you can be locked out…

We are back in our study of the book of Genesis today. In our series THE PROMISE, we come to Genesis chapter 19 today. If you have read the text or are familiar with the story, you can probably understand why I’m always tempted to focus on the sin of the outsiders in texts like this. They are so obvious…

We are taking a break from working through the book of Genesis in our series The Promise in order to spend a couple of weeks remembering the season of Christmas. It’s Christmas. Everyone knows this is a special time of year. We plan gifts, parties, ugly sweaters, bring trees indoors; all sorts of things…

That may Some things to notice: The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Most of us read this verse and we probably don’t think much about what we read. But if you were a Jew, the word LORD would spark all sorts…

The waiting game What about me? There is a danger in reading a text like we have today. Abram and Sarai were pagan’s. Spent years going against God’s will. Yet God blesses them The temptation when we look at someone like Abram is “What about me? ” I come to church, I try to do the right things… i”m not…

Patience Test Staring contest… waiting for another to blink How patient are you? How long will you wait before blowing the horn after a green light? Do you pass on the shoulder when people are stopped in the road to turn left? Do you watch the popcorn in the microwave? Do you repeatedly turn the bacon…

Today is one of those Sunday’s when I am super excited to preach. That may be good or it may be bad for yall… but either way, I’m excited about it. Today we are going to be looking at what might be… in fact many scholars argue… that this is the most important chapter in the Old Testament. So I’m glad…

ME: I don’t know about you, but these last weeks have been exhausting. I didn’t realize it until I got home the other day and I was wiped out… We are tired of defending my opinions… even if I only did that at home or in my own head. Tired of all the fighting Tired of being tired It was as though the…

Michelle and I have been watching a series on Amazon Prime called Poldark… it’s based on a series of books written back in the 1940’s about a family in London around the late 1700s. Every episode is full of conflict but back then they handled conflict very differently than we do today. It’s hard to tell…