***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** When Abraham is told to respond to God’s offer of covenant relationship, in addition to walking faithfully and blamelessly, he is told to enact the “sign” of the covenant through the act of circumcision. For generations,...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** Our names, to a certain degree, define us. In ancient times, a name often identified a person’s most dominant personality traits. For a long time, our two main characters have been known as Abram and Sarai....
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** Until this point in the narrative, all discussion of the covenant has centered on what God has done, is doing, or will do in the future. Abram has only been asked to trust, look at the...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** This week… In this series, Called to Cross Over, we will be studying the life of Abraham. This imperfect patriarch was a person called to “cross over” in many ways. The word “Hebrew” is even linguistically...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** In the aftermath of Abram’s doubt and frustration, to which God responded with the starry sky and covenant vision, it is now Sarai’s turn to voice her desperate frustration with God’s inactivity. It’s been 10 years...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** The conversation between God and Abram continues. After already reaffirming his promise of a son, God now addresses the other necessary piece of the “great nation” equation: land. In this covenantal moment, God reveals himself in some unique,...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** In the wake of a tremendously courageous move to rescue his nephew, experiencing the blessing of God in the process, we might expect Abram to be overflowing with confidence, joy, and faithfulness. But, that is not...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** When we’ve been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun In his final sermon of the Amazing Grace series, Pastor Pete shares...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who called me here below, Will be forever mine. When we sing verse 6 of Amazing Grace, we focus on the idea that...
***[For audio only, select the headphones icon above the video on the right side]*** Moving on to another verse of Amazing Grace, this sermon focuses on the ideas of protection and provision that we see in the phrase “He will my Shield and Portion be.” As we live under the banner...