Sermon – Revelation 21:1-5 – August 25, 2019

What does the Bible say about the Book of Revelation?

I want to spend some time giving an overview of this mysterious book of the Bible. Some people have heard little bits and pieces of it, but don’t really know the big picture. 

However, before we do that, I want to offer a way of interpreting this book, that may be helpful. Some of us may have heard very literal readings of the book, but there are other more helpful ways to read it, and ways that are probably more consistent with the intention of the author. In other words, the author did not intend it to be read as a prediction of the future, or as a novel. On the contrary, it is intended as a political commentary, or satire or perhaps most accurately a political cartoon with words instead of pictures. The author is drawing word pictures the people, institutions, and governments of his time. Just like political cartoons on the editorial page of the newspaper that use outrageous or exaggerated images so does Revelation. 

Sermon – Matthew 4:1-15 – August 18, 2019

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What does the Bible say about evil and the Devil? So many things. For instance, the well-known story from the Book of Charlie Daniels, “The Devil went down to Georgia. He was looking for a soul to steal. He was in a bind ’cause he was way behind, and he was willing to make a deal.” Just kidding that is not in the Bible. But, we do learn from that song that the Devil is a really good fiddle player, just not the best. Which I think is probably true. But, like I said, not in the Bible. There are many things that people think about the Devil that are not in the Bible. 

Sermon – Matthew 10:34-40 – July 28, 2019

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