First Mennonite Church June 28 2020 A Still Small Voice that Restores Life Text: 1 Kings 19:1-18 Hebrews 11, verse 38 has this about some of those heroes of faith listed there: They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. This, in part, reflects the situation of Elijah … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church June 21, 2020 Take Courage Texts: Isaiah 65:17-25; John 16:25-33 In the Bible, the human story begins in the Garden of Eden. The picture of the Garden of Eden and human life in it look perfect and idyllic. God was personally involved in everything and human relationship was perfect. The whole was … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church June 14, 2020 Text: Jeremiah 31:25; John 7:37-39 Drinking From the Living Water I will satisfy the weary, and all who are faint I will replenish. (Jeremiah 31:25) The context of these words is God’s promise of total restoration for the people of Israel. Jeremiah chapter 31 is the announcement of God’s coming … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church June 7, 2020 Confusion of Face Text: Daniel 9:1-9, 17-19 (American Standard Version) In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books … [Read more…]