Incarnation Tallahassee

How Paul's image of the olive tree in Romans 11 perfectly displays his theology of the sovereignty of God and also human freedom and responsibility.

Children's Message: Branches Grafted In (Romans 11) by Incarnation Tallahassee

Can God Be Trusted?(Romans 11) by Incarnation Tallahassee

Children's Message: Gold Stars And Grace (Romans 11) by Incarnation Tallahassee

As Paul continues to wrestle with the problem of why mainstream Judaism has rejected Jesus as the Messiah, we learn again the centrality of faith, and the importance of getting the word out.

Children's Message: Using The Right Parts Of Our Bodies (Romans 10) by Incarnation Tallahassee

Good Friday Meditation (Isaiah 52-53) by Incarnation Tallahassee

For Confirmation Sunday our very own Bishop Neil has come to preach about our identity in Christ as the clay in the masterful Potter's hands.

In the midst of his anguish for his fellow Jews, Paul begins a discussion about the Jewish people that continues through chapter 11. In this section, Paul shows the ways God has orchestrated history for the glory of his name.

Why the cross of Jesus is like the Tree of Life we lost in the Garden of Eden, and what the resurrection of Jesus means for the healing of the nations.

In the last week of his life, Jesus stands out among all the many people around him for his sorrow, his courage, his patience, his mercy, his poverty, and his impact.

As we come now to the end of Lamentation, and the conclusion of our study of lament, we are reminded that pain does not go away quickly, or resolve neatly, at least not on this side of eternity. Oftentimes, pain comes in waves, troughs and crests. And it is yet amidst the ruins of Jerusalem, from the trough of despair and devastation, that the weeping prophet arrives at the last stanza of his lame...

A Grandson's Lament by Incarnation Tallahassee

Lamentations chapter 4 reveal some of the more surprising effects that suffering can have on sin: it exposes it, limits it, and, paradoxically, heals it.

Children's Sermon: God Untangles Us (Lam 4) by Incarnation Tallahassee

In Lam. 3, we examine how we can, in the midst of pain and suffering, in the midst of unremitting sorrow that can so easily give way to despair or denial, how lament actually invites us to dare to hope by calling to mind the truth of who God is - his goodness, faithfulness, and sufficiency - as well as his ultimate purpose for our suffering.

Children's Sermon: People Are Laughing At Me (Lam 3) by Incarnation Tallahassee

Suffering often makes us angry, and God can take our anger. But there's a difference between ranting and godly lament, and Jeremiah shows us how to turn our pain into real and effective prayer.

Children's Sermon: Cry AND Cry Out! (Lam 2:18-19) by Incarnation Tallahassee

In this sermon, we attempt to define lament and its relevance for the season of Lent. Lament is prayer in pain on the path to praise. We see in Lamentations 1, the weeping prophet's painful lament over the destruction of Jerusalem and the consequence of sin and the resulting brokenness, judgment, and utter devastation it wrought in Jeremiah's world and by extension, our world. But while God's judg...

Children's Sermon: Praying Our Feelings (Psalm 13) by Incarnation Tallahassee

The Christian hope of glory does not immediately remove our present pain, but it immediately transforms it to be meaningful. We participate with Christ and with creation in groaning for the coming freedom, and we sing victory songs while we yet weep.

God's Love Is Sticky (Romans 8) by Incarnation Tallahassee

Our redemption in Christ comes with the unspeakable glory of being indwelt by God the Holy Spirit and being called sons and daughters of God.

Children's Sermon: A Message For All Nations (Matthew 28: 16 20) by Incarnation Tallahassee