HEBREWS

HEBREWS 11:31-40

February 10, 2019 We’ve all heard them – pithy Christian sayings or “truths” that aren’t actually in the Bible. I remember when I was in Bible college – we went to a large church. The pastor told about a phone call he’d received that week where the caller asked, “Where does it say in the […]

HEBREWS 11:30-31

January 20, 2019 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen – so says the author of Hebrews. Certainly, that definition of faith has a forward look – a future focus. Think about it: you don’t have to have faith in something you’ve already seen, right? I don’t […]

HEBREWS 11:27-29

January 13, 2019 One of the challenges we face when we’ve been Christians for a long time is familiarity. We’ve heard the miraculous stories, and they cease to impress, to amaze us. We’ve heard this before – what else you got? And we lose the sense of awe and wonder. Even incredulity and disbelief – […]

HEBREWS 11:23-26

January 6, 2019 We are going to start with a little math this morning. I know it’s Sunday, but don’t worry – it’s simple math. I will simply give you an equation – actually, an inequality – and you determine which is greater. Here’s a little example: 3 _ 2. 3 > 2, right? Pretty simple, so […]

HEBREWS 11:20-22

December 30, 2018 I want you to think of an important someone from your past – perhaps he or she has moved away, or passed away. Maybe a grandfather or grandmother, a father, a mother, sister or brother, close friend or confidant. Someone important you highly valued, or respected. Why? What was it […]

HEBREWS 11:17-19

December 23, 2018 We had a very sweet funeral here a couple weeks ago. Yaeko Tanigawa passed away at the age of 84. She and her husband, Mal, have been part of our church. It was a small funeral – largely just family and a few others. One visiting family member, a 90-year-old elder […]

HEBREWS 11:13-16

December 2, 2018 Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts began serving in 2013. Since 2016, she has been a favorite target of President Donald Trump, who has disparagingly called her Pocahontas. I won’t discuss whether the President of the United States should engage in name-calling, but the issue arose when Warren claimed Native American ancestry […]

HEBREWS 11:8-12

November 25, 2018 What is the American Dream? The idea can be traced to our Founding Fathers and founding documents like the Declaration of Independence in which people are said to be created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, which include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – defined […]

HEBREWS 11:7

November 18, 2018 In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, the main character, a farmer played by Kevin Costner, was plagued by the lack of relationship he’d had with his now-deceased father. In the midst of that turmoil, he began hearing a voice which said, “If you build it, he will come.” The it […]

HEBREWS 11:5-6

November 11, 2018 A few weeks ago, Tana and I took a vacation to New England. We flew into Boston, which we love for the clam chowder, lobster, Mike’s Pastries and history. We did the normal tourist things – walking The Freedom Trail for a ways. On our way to Boston Common, we passed […]