Abdicating Responsibility for Your Faith

Abdicating Responsibility for Your Faith

Today's passage looks at a tendency many religious people have to worship the Lord on Sunday and then worship other gods during the week. It might be doing what we think we have to do to be successful at business, make a good profit, have an intimate relationship, or have a family. The fault is giving our religious responsibility over to an authority who will tell us what we need to do so then the rest of the week we can think about other things than following Jesus. Let's look at how this happens in 1st Samuel chapter 12.

Becoming Less Than Human

Have you ever heard a news story that made you cringe or be revolted at a gut level because it seemed so barbaric or inhumane? Sometimes inhumane behavior makes a person inhuman. They are less than what being human should be. Today's passage contains such an incident. But consider, what makes behavior more human compared to inhuman or inhumane? Let's join today's service and consider the question.

God's Work in Your Mundane Day

Do you think your life matters that much? How we answer that question partly determines how we behave. Sometimes we are so involved in our private personal story, we don't think about how we affect the people around us.In today's passage, we get to watch the future King Saul's behavior before he realizes the camera is on him, before he realizes that he matters. Let's join today's service.

Give Us The KING We Deserve

We often see people protesting the government, protesting a new policy, protesting when authorities start to implement what the government commands. Not everything a government does is welcomed by its people.In today's famous passage, we see the warning God gives His people when they set their eyes on a change in leadership as a way to solve their problems. Today's guest speaker is Randy Jaspers. Let's join as he begins.

Does God Have to Pin You Down

While we may agree that the Lord is good and forgiving, He is not a pushover. He does not accept being disrespected. Today's passage feels a little uncomfortable as we see the strong arm of the Lord be against folks who were treating Him as inferior to themselves and their own gods. Let's join our service as we begin.