Sermon - Lander Free Church

Take heart.  Even in dark times, God is sovereign - He has overcome the world.  

We begin a new sermon series in First Samuel, an Old Testament narrative featuring the lives of Samuel, Saul, and David.  Read chapter one and learn about the character of Hannah during a spiritual low point of Israel.  Thanks for listening!

We wrap up Hebrews with one more chapter, putting further detail on how to run the race set before us. Read Hebrews 13 and thanks for listening. 

In our penultimate sermon in Hebrews we address the final warning passage and a multifaceted description of the Heavenly Jerusalem. Read Hebrews 12:14-29 and thanks for listening.  

The Hall of Faith ultimately points to Jesus, the opening of chapter 12, where we get an extended athletic metaphor for the spiritual life and several very famous phrases. Read Hebrews 12:1-13 and thanks for watching. 

Part II of the Hall of Faith, we look at several more figures as well as the rapid fire list at the end and seek the encouragement this list provides. Read Hebrews 11:17-40 and thanks for watching! 

Hebrews 11 is famous for being a Hall of Faith, so let's see what a closer inspection of these examples shows us and how it fits with the author's larger encouragement. Read Hebrews 11:1-16 and thanks for listening!  Happy Mother's Day! 

Hebrews turns to exhortations and its fourth warning passage as the author continues to encourage his readers to go forward. Read Hebrews 10:19-39 and thanks for watching.  

We resume where we left off in Hebrews, with some further insights into the Resurrection as we contemplate the work of Jesus. Read Hebrews 10:1-18 and thanks for listening. 

He is Risen! Having finished our Lenten time in Job, we turn to the Gospel of John for his account of the Resurrection, both an end and a beginning. Read John 20 and thanks for listening! 

The book of Job culminates in God's speeches to Job, which are beautiful and awe inspiring, yet not the answers we might have expected. Read Job 38 and 42 and thanks for listening!

One more interruption occurs before we get to God's reply, as Elihu comes out of nowhere and rebukes both Job and his friends. But is he right? Read Job 32 and 37 and thanks for listening! 

Job now replies to his friends' accusations and we continue to ponder what his friends said wrong and what Job gets right. Read Job 13 and 19 and thanks for listening.  

Job's poetry continues with the speeches of Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who did so well in silence and now do so badly when they speak. Read Job 4 and 5 and thanks for listening! 

We turn from the narrative of Job to the poetry, beginning with Job's response to his suffering. Read Job chapter 3 and 7 and see you Sunday.

We begin the season of Lent with the prologue of Job, in which all the events happen, setting up the three rounds of speeches that take up most of the book. Read Job 1 and 2 and thanks for listening. 

Hebrews 9 continues the discussion of the better sacrifice, sanctuary, and covenant that Jesus brings, all of which points to this great salvation that he provides. Read Hebrews 9 and thanks for listening. 

Having laid a strong foundation in the priesthood of Jesus, Hebrews now progresses to some of the ramifications of that priesthood in a better covenant, better sacrifice, and better sanctuary. Read Hebrews 8 and thanks for listening. 

We finally get to talk about Melchizedek in one of my favorite texts that subtly but clearly and beautifully teaches the divinity of Jesus and his superiority to Abraham and the Levitical priesthood. Read Hebrews 7 and thanks for listening. 

Hebrews now challenges us with one of the most controversial passages in the New Testament, but which may in fact lead to peace and joy. Read Hebrews 6 and thanks for listening! 

The author of Hebrews moves from the superiority of Jesus over Moses and Joshua to Aaron the High Priest, introducing the mysterious figure of Melchizedek, and also beginning the third, and hotly debated, warning. Read Hebrews 5:1-6:3 and thanks for listening! 

Hebrews continues with one of its most grammatically complicated passages, and some equally puzzling statements about work and rest, fear and confidence. Read Hebrews 4 and thanks for listening. 

Hebrews continues with the second warning and another exposition of a psalm. Read Hebrews 3 and thanks for listening.

Having begun theologically, Hebrews now turns to the first of five much disputed warning passages. Read Hebrews 2 and see you Sunday.    

With a new year we start a new series on Hebrews, a letter that hopefully will gain new clarity in light of our time in Exodus. Read Hebrews 1 and thanks for listening.