The Lord is Our Shepherd and Our Host
Reading the Bible in Modern Contexts
Pastor Tom
January 29, 2012
Psalm 23
Who is God? What is He like? Your answer depends on a lot of things. Some of you may have concluded that God can’t be discovered. Or if there is a God, we can’t prove His existence. So you live as if there is no God. Others maybe acknowledge a deity or pray to a higher power when things get rough. But though you might affirm the reality of God in your brain, He doesn’t make much difference in your ordinary life now. Many here trust the triune God of the Bible who has revealed Himself as one in essence yet in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Yet answering the question “what is He like” can depend on what’s happening in our lives right now…
The passage that we look at today has a lot to say about God and His character.
Delight Yourself in the Lord and His Word
Reading the Bible in Modern Contexts
Pastor Tom
January 22, 2012
Psalm 1
Delight is enjoyment, pleasure, happiness and enchantment. To delight is to appreciate, relish, savor and take pleasure in. What do you delight in? What do you really enjoy? What do you take great pleasure in? What causes you happiness, enchantment or satisfaction?
What do you delight in? There are probably as many different answers as there are people in this room. It might be a car or hobby or some music or some sleep. But what about this? Would the Bible make your delight list? Would you have the same passion for God’s Word that you have for some of the other things you’ve been thinking about?
Jesus Proves to Be God's Faithful Son
Reading the Bible in Modern Contexts
Pastor Tom
January 15, 2012
Matthew 4:1–11
Who do you trust? Well, it depends on what kind of trust we’re talking about.
Trust is confidence in and reliance on good qualities in others especially fairness, truth, honor and ability. It’s great when we find someone we can trust. But sometimes our trust is broken. It fractures relationships and requires healing. Broken trust can even impact our relationships with others who have never broken our trust. We may project our trust issues with one person on to others. Who do you trust?