Next Sermon Series

The next sermon series is "Shadows and Fog." It is a title that I copied form a Woody Allen movie. I understand that the movie is in black and white and it is about the lack of clarity in society and morals. There are so many shadows and badly lit scenes it is often difficult to make out the characters. The story is twisted and confusing. Often we find ourselves in situations that seem difficult to navigate morally. Fewer people today see moral issues as black and white, right or wrong, but as gray.

In this series we will look at some extremely confusing Biblical situations from the book of Judges. By looking at these complex and confusing situations we will gain the necessary thinking and discernment skills necessary to navigate morally gray areas.

Just to give you a bit of a taste of where we are going, here is a thought. Is the complex issue that you are dealing with complex because you made it complex? What I mean is, often times we live in such un-thinking ways, that we work ourselves into a corner that is hard to get out of without doing something drastic. Thus, we look for some middle ground, less drastic, solution that we think we can live with.

Why settle? Why not do whatever is necessary to live perfectly pleasing to God!

The book of Judges is a book about lots of little decisions that created big problems. It is about the way we twist our logic, and our emotions, into something we think pleases God. It is a book that makes us ask ourselves, "Am I lying to myself to get what I want instead of what God wants?"

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When you get your e-vite be sure to send it to all your friends! This will be a great series!