Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Jesus’ raising of Lazarus from the dead is the pivotal moment at the dead center of John’s Gospel (pun intended). It is the last miracle Jesus performs before his own death and resurrection. And, of course, Lazarus […]
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Last week we were to stand on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, where King Solomon built and devoted the first Temple of Yahweh, the LORD God of Israel. Today we stand opposite of Mt. Zion on a slightly taller mountain […]
Imagine that you are on Mount Sinai, the mountain of the Lord, in the desert of modern-day Saudi Arabia. You are south of Israel, south even of modern-day Jordan. The year is about 12 or 1300 BC, and you are on the mountain with Moses where God would one day give his Ten Commandments to […]
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Elijah’s showdown with the prophets of Baal occurs during a dark time in the history of the kingdom of Israel. King Ahab was the most wicked man ever to sit upon the throne, and his wife, Queen Jezebel, introduced […]