Category Archives: Fear

FERGUSON – FIGURE OF FRUSTRATION

O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! [Isaiah 64:1-2]  If I were toContinueContinue reading “FERGUSON – FIGURE OF FRUSTRATION”

I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU ORPHANED

I’m not in the habit of posting sermons for a variety of reasons. Chief among the reasons is that a sermon is written for proclaiming, not for reading. I’m convinced the reader will find my manuscript quite boring given that I tend to preach in the neighborhood of 18-20 minutes. An essay of more than,ContinueContinue reading “I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU ORPHANED”

PERFECT LOVE DRIVES OUT FEAR

If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. –The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Today, April 16, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the publicationContinueContinue reading “PERFECT LOVE DRIVES OUT FEAR”