Luke 2:8-20 When I was a young pastor, Annie and I took one of the best vacations we have ever had. My parents had invited us to come with them to the British Virgin Islands. We left Newark, New Jersey in a snow storm, handed our winter coats to my sister who had driven us…
Isaiah 6 In our series of sermons from the Old Testament appearances of God to his people, we come to a well known passage, Isaiah 6. We think of this as the call of Isaiah to be a prophet to Judah, the southern kingdom of Solomon’s Israel. (Just as a reminder, after the death of…
Exodus 24:1-11 Mountains have a significant role in God’s dealings with his people. God asked Abraham to go to one of the mountains in the region of Moriah to sacrifice his son Isaac. It was on Mount Sinai where God gave the law to Moses. On Mount Carmel Elijah challenged the false prophets of Baal…