The cost of truth for the believer is giving up hate. Giving up despair. Giving up war. Giving up impatience. Giving up meanness. Giving up wickedness. Giving up treachery. Giving up abuse. Giving up ill-discipline. Giving up our selves, our souls, our bodies because Jesus Christ is Lord. The Cost of TruthRev. Isaac Bradshaw1 Kings…
Last Sunday of Epiphany 2021Rev Doug Floyd1 Kings 19:9–18, Psalm 27, 2 Peter 1:13–21, Mark 9:2–9 When my sister’s oldest son was under five, she was trying to tell Him the story of Easter. She puzzled that she couldn’t find children’s books on the cross, so she tried to tell him the story without a picture…
Elijah: Bearing Witness at the End Pentecost +3 2019Rev. Doug Floyd 1 Kings 19: 15-21, Psalm 16, Galatians 5:1, 13–25, Luke 9:51–62 The first time we encounter Elijah, he is telling King Ahab that there will be neither dew nor rain except by his word. The last time we see Elijah, he being escorted by…
God at War Last Sunday Before Lent B 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd 1 Kings 19:9-18, Mark 9:2-9 Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri was king over Israel for twenty-two years. He ruled from Samaria. Ahab son of Omri did even…