Bible Study

Sermon Genesis 45:1-15 Telling Stories: Family Therapy By Rev. Amy Butler What a drama we walk into this morning when we revisit the story of Joseph and his brothers! There’s no way to read the whole story in its totality from the pulpit this morning, but it’s great readingworth your time to revisit all the … Continue reading “Genesis 45:1-15 Family Therapy (Butler) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 45:5-8 Choice, Chance, or the Hand of God? By Pastor Vince Gerhardy Life is a matter of choices. Life is like going to the supermarket. We want breakfast cereal. We look along the shelves packed with all kinds of breakfast foods. There are so many brands and types of cereal. You can choose … Continue reading “Genesis 45:5-8 Choice, Chance, or the Hand of God? (Gerhardy) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 45:1-15, 50:15-21 Bringing Good from Evil By Richard Niell Donovan Joseph’s father, Jacob, had twelve sons. Joseph was his favorite, and Jacob didn’t care who knew it. He bought Joseph a flashy new coat while the other brothers wore plain work jackets. He always gave Joseph the easiest jobsthe jobs that would keep … Continue reading “Genesis 45:1-15; 50:15-21 Bringing Good from Evil (Donovan) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 45:3-11, 21-28 How Joseph Became a Gift-giving Man By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Today let’s look at one of the best stories in the Old Testament, and consider how its principal character, whose name is Joseph, changes from a man full of himself to someone who gives the gift of life. In the … Continue reading “Genesis 45:3-11, 21-28 How Joseph Became a Gift-giving Man (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 50:15-21 Acts 1:15-26 cBut God… By The Rev. Dr. David E. Leininger There is an ancient Chinese story of an old farmer who had an old horse for tilling his fields. One day the horse escaped into the hills and when all the farmer’s neighbors sympathized with the old man over his bad … Continue reading “Genesis 50:15-21 But God… (Leininger) – Bible study”

Sermon Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 God’s Gettin’ Ready! Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Childern’s Sermons Hymn Lists Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 God’s Gettin’ Ready! By Richard Niell Donovan This is a terrible storyalmost like the story of the Holocaust. Pharaoh feared the Jews, and set out to suppress them. First, he tried … Continue reading “Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 God’s Gettin’ Ready! (Donovan) – Bible study”

Sermon Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 Telling Stories: Five Women of Exodus Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Childern’s Sermons Hymn Lists Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 Telling Stories: Five Women of Exodus By Rev. Amy Butler Even if our Hebrew passage today were not in an entirely different book in our bibles, we’d know … Continue reading “Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 Five Women of Exodus (Butler) – Bible study”

Sermon Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 A Leap of Faith Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Childern’s Sermons Hymn Lists Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 A Leap of Faith By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Does the name, Jochebed (y-ka-bed) mean anything to you? Jochebed was the mother of Moses. She was the daughter of Levi. … Continue reading “Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 A Leap of Faith (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Exodus 1:8-22 The Midwives Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children’s Sermons Hymn Lists Exodus 1:8-22 The Midwives Emily Sylvester There are days it’s too hard to see God’s presence in the world. Between our news and newsmakers, we have to ask, what’s happened to the world God intended? Why doesn’t somebody … Continue reading “Exodus 1:8-22 Midwives (Sylvester) – Bible study”

Sermon Exodus 2:1-10 The River of Life Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children’s Sermons Hymn Lists Exodus 2:1-10 The River of Life Dr. Keith Wagner Recently I visited a young mother who had given birth to a baby boy. Unfortunately, the child needed surgery in the first few hours of his life. … Continue reading “Exodus 2:1-10 The River of Life (Wagner) – Bible study”