Tag: Ten Commandments
-
Promise & Protection
New Day Sermon (epiphany 6) Sometimes we think of the Ten Commandments as one-dimensional. They just tell us what we can’t do. There is a rhythm in the commandments between the promises they embody from God and the ways we can protect those promises.
-
Church … on the Corner and in Your Head
Our thanks to Brendan Armitage for his offering this week’s devotion! (Has he inspired you to try your hand at this?) And God spoke all these words: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:1-3)…
-
Protected Gifts
New Day Sermon LENT 3 Sometimes we struggle with the legalism of rules. But in God’s world, they are often the ways we safeguard the greatest blessings in our lives.
-
Epiphany 6
EPIPHANY 6 NEW DAY SERMON We continue our discipleship theme in February with a look at how Jesus interprets the “handbook” for disciples … the Ten Commandments. Are you a rule follower? … a rule breaker? … or a rule enhancer like Jesus? It’s not always easy to follow the rules.
-
To What Am I Beholden?
email devotion epiphany 2 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols. (1 Corintians 10:14) I have been drawn into the cult, and have swallowed a full draught of the Kool-Aid. Multiple times a day, the cult consumes some of my time … some of my attention … some of my adoration. It directs…
-
The Commandments Call To Us
Email Devotion Pentecost 26 Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments. (Psalm 112:1, NRSV) I find myself thinking about the Ten Commandments, as I consider the first few days in our country following our recent election. I find myself thinking about the 8th Commandment (You shall…