Readings: Ezekiel 36:22-27; John 3:1-10; Ephesians 2:1-10
Listen to Pastor Lee’s sermon from August 17th, 2008. As you approach the table of our Lord, how can you come? As we were once ‘dead in our trespasses and sins’ (Eph 2:1) and were made alive by the grace of Christ. It is only by [...]
There is nothing inherently wrong with desire: they can be God-honoring, or directed elsewhere. We all have desires pulling us in both directions. But what is the overall tenor of your life? How do you respond to the desire-shaping movements within our culture?
The writer of Ecclesiastes, the Preacher, saw a great [...]
Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 relate what the Preacher sees as the danger of
desires, here, primarily greed. How does that apply to us today?
Look at these other passages as well:
Joshua 7:10-26; Philippians 3:1-11; Hebrews 12:1-6
In Joshua 7, we see sin of Achan, taking something that was forbidden. As
then, so now, it comes down to what is [...]