Every time you are confronted with a fear, financial ruin, political unrest, a relationship imploding, a negative diagnosis, Covid-19, a personal loss you never saw coming, in that moment, in all of those moments, when you are confronted with fear, you will make a decision of faith. Do not fear, only believe. I believe . […]
Sermons
Jonah, The Runaway Prophet: Take 2
When people think Jonah . . . they think Jonah and the Whale, but the great fish is only mentioned in 3 of the 49 verses of Jonah; it’s only 6% of Jonah’s story, and the Book of Jonah is about so much more than Jonah being swallowed by the great fish. Focus only on […]
Jonah Outside the City, Pouting
The LORD had compassion on Jonah. Jonah, can’t you see the Lord blessed you, saving you from the sea. The Lord gave you this plant to comfort you in the heat of the day. The Lord had blessed Jonah; had shown grace and mercy to him. It would be wrong for Jonah to begrudge the […]
Jonah Inside the City, Preaching
Repentance keeps your heart soft toward others. When we pray, asking God to forgive us our sins, we recognize that we are sinful broken people in need of grace and forgiveness. Grace and forgiveness from God . . . Grace and forgiveness with each other. The greater my awareness of my own sin, and my […]
Jonah in the Fish, Praying
Jonah rebelled against the LORD. Jonah messed up. What do we do when we’ve messed up? What do we do when we’ve gotten ourselves in a mess as a result of our wrong, sinful choices, and we’re not sure how to get out? Or even if we can get out? In Jonah 2, Jonah is […]
Jonah on the Boat, Rebelling
The LORD commands Jonah to take a message to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian Empire, an evil empire intent on conquering Jonah’s homeland, the nation of Israel. Jonah is prophet, that’s his job, delivering messages to those people and places the LORD sends him. But not this time. God says go and Jonah says […]
The Runaway Prophet: Intro
God has a plan for your life that he reveals to you. He reveals it in his book; he gives you commandments to live by; he calls you to obedience; the Holy Spirit shows you how the general instructions of His word play out in the daily particulars of your life. And you can’t run […]
In Whom Do You Hope?
Brian Fredrickson