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Dusty Offspring Text: Genesis 13:1-18 Mr. Josh Campbell Deep within each of us lies a longing for a perfect homeland.  If we’re impatient, we’ll be tempted to snatch at it, to try to make things happen apart from God’s purposes.  …

June 16, 2024 Read More »

Wisdom in the Wilderness Text: 1 Samuel 25:1-44 Rev. John Downs In this fallen world, there is often tension between folly and wisdom, as on display in today’s narrative of David, Nabal and Abigail.  Merely exercising wisdom is not a …

June 2, 2024 Read More »

Restraint, Reason, and Reward Text: 1 Samuel 24:1-22 Rev. John Downs Today’s text becomes more intense, and illustrates for us that “God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Tim 1:7. Our …

May 26, 2024 Read More »

Delivered From Destruction Text: 1 Samuel 23 Rev. John Downs We have an “ostrich problem” in the sense that we often stick our heads in the sand to ignore a problem, or else try to solve something ourselves that only …

May 19, 2024 Read More »

Fruitful Faith Text: John 15:1-17 Rev. Paul Karlberg Farewells often carry with them mixed emotions.  There is often the excitement of what comes next, along with the sadness of leaving friends behind.  Today’s text contains part of Jesus’ extended farewell …

May 12, 2024 Read More »

Reasons for Rejoicing Text: 1 Peter 1:1-9 Rev. John Downs As elect exiles who have been chosen by God and had our hearts regenerated, we can humbly understand that we contributed nothing to our new birth while rejoicing that our …

May 5, 2024 Read More »

Evil and Triumph Text: 1 Samuel 22:6-23 Rev. John Downs What a stark contrast in today’s text between the perverse, irrational evil demonstrated by Saul, and the triumph of Yahweh in preserving a remnant of the priesthood through Abiathar.  God’s …

April 28, 2024 Read More »

Sustenance and Sanctuary Text: 1 Samuel 21:1-22:5 Rev. John Downs Today we find Yahweh’s anointed King David in desperate need of food and refuge from his enemies.  Just as he found sustenance through God’s provision of the showbread, and sanctuary …

April 21, 2024 Read More »

Covenant Stakes and Security Text: 1 Samuel 20 Rev. John Downs In life, our attention is naturally drawn to situations in which the stakes are high and there’s no guarantee of security.  In reality, our spiritual life is much more …

April 14, 2024 Read More »

Reception and Refuge Text: 1 Samuel 18-19 Rev. John Downs The life of faith involves elements of both pleasure and pain that are held in tension, as explicitly illustrated in today’s text.  The love and adoration of Jonathan, Michal and …

April 7, 2024 Read More »