My first thought, when I read through this passage last Sunday evening was, “I’m supposed to preach on a church meeting?” Because essentially that’s what this passage is… a report on a gathering, it’s called the Council of Jerusalem. To set the scene, we need to know a bit about what happened after last weeksContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions”
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The Long Journey
As I said at the beginning of worship, the next few weeks are going to be focused on how small changes, changes that we don’t think even matter, can build up over time to make a big difference. James Clear, in his book Atomic Habits, writes, “It’s so easy to overestimate the importance of one definingContinue reading “The Long Journey”
Are We Sarah?
I wonder what it was like for Abraham to be circumcised at the age of 98? Now that I have your attention! 😉 We actually don’t hear that in the scripture reading today, but it’s in the passage immediately preceding it. And in the BibleWorm podcast that I listened to last week, they speculated thatContinue reading “Are We Sarah?”
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