Zechariah 2:1-13 In our series of sermons from the prophet Zechariah, in order to understand the context and scope of this book of the Bible, I thought it would be helpful to begin with a synopsis of Zechariah written by Eugene Peterson in his translation of the Bible, The Message. Zechariah shared with his contemporary…
Zechariah 1:1-6 A time line for this sermon. 2000 BC God revealed himself to Abraham 1460 BC Exodus 1040 BC David conquered Jerusalem 997-990 BC First Temple built 960 BC Solomon dies kingdom divided into Judah (2 tribes) and Israel (10 tribes) Amos 767-753 Isaiah 745-685 722 BC Assyria conquered northern kingdom of Israel Joel…
Psalm 133 When I was a young follower of Jesus, we sang a song: We are one in the Spirit, We are one in the Lord. We are one in the Spirit, We are one in the Lord. And we pray that all unity may one day be restored. And they’ll know we are Christians…
Psalm 87 Psalm 87 is one of those psalms, when you are reading through the Bible, that you read, scratch your head, and then move on to the next psalm. Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, Cush – what do those words mean? I found on the internet the story of a professor from Dallas Theological Seminary…
Psalm 24 The term Renaissance man is used for a very clever person who is good at many different things. The idea comes from a time of history in Europe called the Renaissance which lasted from about 1400 to 1600. One of the most famous people alive during this time was Leonardo da Vinci whose…