All Resources Genesis 21:1-21 BIBLICAL COMMENTARY (COMMENTARIO): Genesis 21:1-21 (English) Génesis 21:1-21 (Español) (Véase también la nota a continuación) SERMONS Genesis 21:8-21 Men Are From Venus Too (Wagner) Genesis 21:8-21 The God of the Outcasts (Anders) Genesis 21:8-21 Not Easy to Let Go (Wagner) CHILDREN'S SERMONS Genesis 21:8-21 God’s Rescue Plan (Edstrom) HYMNS Genesis 21:1-21 [...]
Children's Sermon 1 Kings 21:1-14 It Belongs to Someone Else It Belongs to Someone Else 1 Kings 21:1-14 By Richard Niell Donovan Did you ever want something that belonged to someone else? • Maybe your friend had a toy that you liked––and you wanted that toy. • Or maybe your friend had a doll [...]
As addicts, we know a thing or two about denial and we know a little about having our worlds collapse and ripped out from under us. Pain is a great teacher; but her lessons come to us hard.
What are you afraid of? Are you scared of spiders, ... snakes perhaps? Are you afraid that you'll not do well on your next test? Most people are really afraid of one thing more than any other – and that thing is change.
A Wedding Homily Revelation 21:1-7 Wonder and Creativity and Compassion Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Revelation 21:1-7 Wonder and Creativity and Compassion The Rev. Charles Hoffacker The story the Bible tells us presents God doing one new thing after another. Here are only a few examples. To [...]
Hymns for Numbers 21:4-9 HYMNALS: Baptist Hymnal (BH) Chalice Hymnal (CH) Collegeville Hymnal (CO) Common Praise (CP) Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) Gather Comprehensive (GC) JourneySongs (JS) Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) Lutheran Service Book (LSB) Lutheran Worship (LW) Presbyterian Hymnal (PH) The Faith We Sing (TFWS) The Hymnal 1982 (TH) The New Century Hymnal (TNCH) [...]
Hymns for Genesis 21:1-21 HYMNALS: Baptist Hymnal (BH) Chalice Hymnal (CH) Collegeville Hymnal (CO) Common Praise (CP) Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) Gather Comprehensive (GC) JourneySongs (JS) Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) Lutheran Service Book (LSB) Lutheran Worship (LW) Presbyterian Hymnal (PH) The Faith We Sing (TFWS) The Hymnal 1982 (TH) The New Century Hymnal (TNCH) [...]
It's a Catch-22: We need holy places in which to ground our faith; yet, if we're not careful, these holy places can stand in the way of our devotion to God. So, what's the answer? The answer is found in this passage of Revelation. When God's kingdom is fulfilled, there will be no holy places, only the holiness of God.
We can learn and re-learn that heaven is a community, healing, and vision. We can long for heaven in its fullness and enjoy the glimpses that appear to us now in moments of vision and healing and community. Then, when we come to the new Jerusalem, it will not seem like a strange and alien city, but will feel a lot like home.
Phyllis Tickle says that a near-death experience "irrevocably changes you. By the time you come back it is too real and too integrated into every fiber of your belief system. The end result is you simply aren't afraid anymore.... The experience clearly said to me, 'This is what it is like. This is what you are getting ready for. This is the homecoming.'"