Well, if you've gotten one message from our series on "Misused Stories" so far, hopefully it has something to do with reading the Bible accurately. Because when we don't read the Bible accurately, we can come up with the wrong conclusions. Or we get to the right conclusions the wrong way, and because we got there illegitimately, people begin to doubt our conclusions, eve...
Keep ReadingHow sure are you that you are a Christian? How sure are you that you are truly a believer? Maybe you're just deceiving yourself. We're pretty good at convincing ourselves of lies. How can you really know that you're a true believer and saved? What if down the road you betray everything that you say you love and cherish now? What if you abandon the faith sometime in the fut...
Keep ReadingThis week we're back to the book of Daniel (some of you may remember me preaching through this book in 2009). In our series on "Misused Stories of the Bible" we've jumped way ahead canonically (it's a long way from 1st Kings to Daniel) but just a little bit chronologically (we're still in the time of the exile). We'll be in Daniel 6 and the famous story of "Daniel and the...
Keep ReadingWe've made our way to the book of 2 Kings in our series on the Most Misused Stories of the Bible. This week, we're going to be looking at 2 Kings 5:1-19, the story of Naaman being healed of leprosy. Now many of you might be familiar with this story, but how it's misused is a little bit more obscure. It's not quite as obvious as David and Goliath's siren song to...
Keep ReadingThis week we're back together, meeting in-person at Harper Park. I appreciate everyone's patience as we dealt with our first covid scare. Everyone who needed to be tested was and they all tested negative. Thank you, Jesus. Mark had mild symptoms, is recovering well, and we look forward to his eventual return. Furthermore, this Sunday, for the second time after going six ...
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