In 1 Samuel 8, Israel asks for a king “like all the nations,” revealing a temptation that still confronts us today: to trust what
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We live in a world that doesn’t like kings. We prefer freedom, autonomy, and the right to rule ourselves. We want control—over our choices,
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Weddings can be beautiful and meaningful events. Friends and family are gathered, happiness and love are expressed, promises and prayers are offered. Even on
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From the beginning, God’s desire was to reign over his creation through a mediator. To that end, the King of the universe placed representative
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A quick internet search allows anyone to collect some concerning statistics about Canada. For example, there were over 358,000 victims of reported physical abuse
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When I was thinking about what I was going to preach on today, I got thinking about how special it is when Christmas is
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In the 47th Psalm, the author points the reader to worship of God as the universal King, in part, because of how he has
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This morning we are going to look at Psalm 47. This psalm has been categorized by some as one of several “psalms of the
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Oftentimes an end is also a beginning. The end of summer signals the beginning of autumn. The end of childhood means the beginning of
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It is customary for a good sermon to begin with an introduction of sorts, an attempt to orient the hearer to the text or
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It’s a well-known scene: Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey, greeted by streets lined with coats and palm branches and cries of “Hosanna!”
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Likely battling for the title of “most-ignored-and-forgotten-book-of-the-Bible” is the prophecy of Zephaniah. Perhaps that’s because it’s so short (three chapters) that if the pages
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