Pastor Hogan
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Oct 03
What’s Wrong with Worship
Exodus 32:1-14 What happens when worship goes wrong? Is the hymn out or tune, the sermon going on too long, or the kid’s moments ends in some calamity? But actually, the real way that worship goes horribly wrong, is not how in-tune we sing, or how smoothly things run, but by the orientation of our …
Sep 27
The Promise of Deliverance
Exodus 12:1-13; 13:1-8 The time between Exodus 1 and 12 is more than 80 years. The people of Israel were groaning under the burden of their taskmasters. Their cries were heard by God. There was the hope in this special child that was taken from the Nile River by the princess. But the slavery continued. …
Sep 12
Outlandish Promises
Genesis 15:1-6 We have a term, “Hedge your bets.” This term means that we must have a contingency if our plans do not work out the way we would like. God does not hedge his bets. Instead of couching his promises in “if’s” and “probably’s,” God makes his promises in the most outlandish of promises. …
Sep 06
The Snake and the Apple
Genesis 2:4-7, 15-17; 3:1-8 This Sunday we begin our preaching year. I enjoy the Narrative Lectionarybecause it pays attention to the development of God’s story in a chronologicalorder. With the theme “Promises, Promises” as we develop the Old Testamenttexts, we can see the attribute of God as the Promise-making and Promise-keeping God. And because we …
