Isaiah 40:1-11 ‘Great Expectations’ has to be one of the best book titles ever created. The phrase awakens the imagination. It conjures up images and descriptions of what might be possible and conceivable. It speaks to anticipation, wonder and hope. Great Expectations is the title of Charles Dicken’s famous 1861 novel, set in […]
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Meditation for Eternity Sunday 2025 Ezra 1: 3:7-13; 6:13-22 Coming Home to God God, you have been our dwelling place, our refuge in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, From everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:1-2). And it is
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Daniel 6 I have never preached before on Daniel and the lion’s den. The last time I remember lions coming into a worship service at SJMC was early in my time here when three guests from the Benin Bible Institute were here, and one of them did a very enthusiastic children’s story in
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Ezekiel 37:1-14 Friday night was Halloween. It is one of those strange and funny dates and celebrations in the calendar that our society marks and has fun with. You may have had trick or treaters come to your door for candy, or you were out trick or treating as a kid or as
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Isaiah 65:17-25 Introduction Two weeks ago in our service we experienced a ritual of lament as we explored the story of the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian empire, and the exile of the Hebrew people. It is a story about when the worst thing happens. So we gave time for tears and
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Fall of Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:18 -25:15 Today’s Scripture story of the Fall of Jerusalem is a very hard story to listen to, and even harder to know how to preach about. The story is brutal and harsh. It is the final story in a whole history of the people of Israel, Judah,
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