Isaiah 52:13-53:12 It seems that Americans like surveys more than other countries, at least this is what I discover when I look for information on some topic. I wanted to find what percentage of Jews have read the Bible and could only find information for Jews in the US. In a survey by the Pew…
Isaiah 50:4-10 Last Sunday I preached from the second of four servant songs in the last half of Isaiah. This week we come to the third servant song. These servant songs find their greatest fulfillment in Jesus who came to serve. Do you remember when the mother of James and John came to ask Jesus…
Isaiah 49:1-6 There are four servant songs in the second half of Isaiah. We looked at the first of these earlier this fall. Isaiah 42:1–4 “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. 2…
Psalm 27 Prior to 46 BC the Roman empire followed a lunar calendar that was used to schedule religious festivals, the terms of contracts, and other social arrangements. The problem was that a lunar calendar does not keep pace with a solar calendar. The position of our planet earth relative to the sun gives us…
Isaiah 43:1-21 We are not comfortable in talking about God’s wrath, God’s judgement. I am not comfortable talking about God’s wrath and judgement. And the reason I am not comfortable talking about God’s wrath and judgement is because of the way God’s wrath and judgement are often talked about. This causes some people to turn…