The book of Jeremiah is not arranged chronologically, so in our reading through the Bible our text for this week comes a little out of historical order. Jeremiah 29 is addressed to people living in exile after Babylon had come against Israel and carried many of them away. What did Jeremiah have to say to these exiles, and how does their situation mirror our own?
(Preaching through the prophets of Israel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on July 13, 2025.)
Politics dominates modern discourse, but what exactly are politics. What makes something political? And, most importantly, what does God expect of the Christian in regards to politics?
(Preaching on developing an identity in Christ. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on September 1, 2024.)
What does Peter say about being subject to governments or human authorities? How does it compare to what Paul says? Why is it so important?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. Recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 13, 2020.)
What does it mean to “be subject to”, and what does this concept matter so much to Peter? What does Peter want us to do and how?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. This was recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 10, 2020.)
These past 8 month have been some of the wildest, most aggressive, and most heated in my memory, and things will not suddenly die down on Wednesday. Ultimately, we must ask: how does God expect me to live out my faith in tumultuous times such as these, and what should be my attitude toward my government and those who may be politically different than myself? Does God even care?
(Sorry this one got a little echo-y. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 6, 2016.)
This is not a lesson about homosexuality, or about what marriage is or is not. This is about how God’s people can and should act in a world that increasingly rejects what God says.
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on July 5, 2015.)
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