9th Sunday After Trinity 2017 08/12/2017 Ninth Sunday After Trinity August 13, 2017 Genesis 28:10-22 “Jacob’s Ladder” In today’s Old Testament lesson we read about Jacob’s Ladder. There are numerous references to this story in modern culture. There are movie titles, books and even exercise equipment called Jacob’s Ladder, but none of them actually deal with the story of Jacob’s vision. When we look closely at the man, Jacob, we can see what kind of person he was and it isn’t very flattering: First of all, he was a
Ninth Sunday After Trinity August 13, 2017 Genesis 28:10-22 “Jacob’s Ladder” In today’s Old Testament lesson we read about Jacob’s Ladder. There are numerous references to this story in modern culture. There are movie titles, books and even exercise equipment called Jacob’s Ladder, but none of them actually deal with the story of Jacob’s vision. When we look closely at the man, Jacob, we can see what kind of person he was and it isn’t very flattering: First of all, he was a
8th Sunday After Trinity 2017 08/05/2017 8th Sunday After Trinity August 6, 2017 Romans 8:12-17 “We are debtors” In today’s epistle, Paul concludes his words about freedom from control of our sinful nature by saying that we have an obligation to put to death the misdeeds of the body “… because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” That fact—the adoption of the believer—leads Paul into his next major section on the security of the believer in the new way of the Spirit. Here, Paul begins by saying that
8th Sunday After Trinity August 6, 2017 Romans 8:12-17 “We are debtors” In today’s epistle, Paul concludes his words about freedom from control of our sinful nature by saying that we have an obligation to put to death the misdeeds of the body “… because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” That fact—the adoption of the believer—leads Paul into his next major section on the security of the believer in the new way of the Spirit. Here, Paul begins by saying that
7th Sunday After Trinity 2017 07/29/2017 Seventh Sunday After Trinity 2017 July 30, 2017 Genesis 22:1-18 “Abraham, Isaac and God” Today’s Old Testament lesson is one of the areas of the Bible that non-believers love to ridicule. They cite it as proof the God of Israel is overbearing, bloodthirsty and heartless. As Christians, at one time or another, you will be confronted by someone who feels this way and how you respond could be the difference between them finding their salvation or not. By the time we come to
Seventh Sunday After Trinity 2017 July 30, 2017 Genesis 22:1-18 “Abraham, Isaac and God” Today’s Old Testament lesson is one of the areas of the Bible that non-believers love to ridicule. They cite it as proof the God of Israel is overbearing, bloodthirsty and heartless. As Christians, at one time or another, you will be confronted by someone who feels this way and how you respond could be the difference between them finding their salvation or not. By the time we come to
