Sermons on Wickedness
Judges 9:1-57
Book of Judges: Hearts of Iron, Feet of Clay God is Never Out of the Picture SPEAKER: Paul Stolwyk Introduction: Let’s turn together to Judges, chapter 9. There are six main characters in this passage: 1. Gideon: who is referred to not as Gideon but as Jerub-baal 2. Abimelech: the son of Jerub-baal (Gideon) by a slave girl 3. Jotham: the son of Gideon by one of his wives 4. Zebul: Abimelech’s righthand man after he sets himself up as king 5.…
Luke 13:1-5
CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People (and Good Things to Bad People)? One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Isaiah 1:18: “‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the LORD. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’” This week, and in fact for most of this summer, I want us to…
Luke 12:54-13:5
What Do You Do When the Good Guys Don’t Win? The Parable of the Weatherman One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, let us reason together,’ says the LORD. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” Last Lord’s Day I preached to you; today I want to reason with you. Last week we explored the events of 9/11/01 from the perspective…