The Risk to Us The darkness is deep, but Light still pierces it. Evil is rampant, but God’s radiant glory covers the earth as the waters cover the sea. Injustice,…
Jesus’ childhood, youth and early adulthood benefited from the love and security of family and close-knit community in the backwoods of Israel, in Galilee, where city folks would have referred…
Vineyard Church of the Peninsula December 13, 2020 The Risk of Joseph The next person in the Christmas story had a similarly challenging series of hurdles to clear as did…
The Risk of Mary, sermon by Don Freeman There were so many reasons to say, ‘No.’ So many, ‘What ifs?’ ‘What will my family, friends, fellow villagers, even strangers, think?’…
For Israel, the four centuries since Nehemiah’s return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple had been yet another season of humiliation by foreign powers, the disgraceful influx of pagan Greco-Roman…