Moses promises Israel that a prophet like him will come to them to speak the word of the Lord. We look at what a prophet’s role is and how the church might hear the prophetic voices around us.
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
Sermons from January 2018
The lectionary guides us to Jonah 3, but we look at our relationship with the mercy of God by talking about the entirety of Jonah this week.
Craig Keen shares with us from the lectionary texts (1 Samuel 3:1–10; Psalm 139:1–6, 13–18; 1 Corinthians 6:12–20; and John 1:43–51), and leads us into the call to become part of the mutilated body of Christ. Here is the manuscript: The four passages that the lectionary tells folks like me to speak on today are…
We discuss the dawn light that God shines over Jerusalem, what it means in Isaiah’s context, and what it means for us.
Isaiah gives us three more powerful images to represent God’s commitment to the Jews (and all of creation). We break down those images, especially the image of marriage, and find ourselves the recipients of good news from God yet again.
We transition together from Advent to Christmas and find out what kind of hope it is that we have in the child of promise who was born for us.