Numbers 20:14-29; In this very impactful chapter, Miriam had died and the Israelite complaining about lack of water had prompted Moses to lose his composure. Instead of speaking to the rock, he struck it twice and was punished by the Lord by losing the privilige of leading the assembly into Canaan. Next they faced untrustful […]
Mark 12:18-27; Another Looking Forward message that is actually looking back to the Torah, as the Sadducees pose a rhetorical question to Jesus about the resurrection. The Sadducees based their beliefs in the Mosaic law and disbelieved in either the supernatural or a future resurrection of the dead. Their question to Jesus about marriage in […]
John 21:1-17; The final message in the “Gone Fishing” summer series on the use of fish as a teaching metaphor in the ministry of Jesus. Following two post-resurrection appearances to His disciples, Jesus meets seven of His close followers in Galilee along the familiar shoreline of the Sea of Galilee. Simpn had returned to fishing […]
Luke 24:36-49; The biblical metaphor of fish come into prominence once again at the end of Luke’s gospel, but with a more practical application. Jesus had conquered sin and death through His sacrifice on the cross and amazing resurrection by the power of God. The Eleven are anxious and fearful, when Jesus suddenly appears in […]
Matthew 12:38-42; Our 3rd message on the theme of biblical fishing, entailing both metaphors and miracles. The target passage details another confrontation between the Jewish religious authorities and Jesus, following the casting out of a demon. The Pharisees demand a sign from Jesus to affirm He is the Messiah, but his response was to deny […]
John 6:1-15; Week two of our ‘Gone Fishing’ summer series unpacks the Apostle John’s perspective on the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus takes the disciples across the Sea of Galilee to the isolated eastern side for some respite from the constant crowds. However the mass of people soon catch up and […]
Luke 5:1-11; The first of a short summer sermon series on biblical fishing. Jesus was preaching along the shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, when the crowd was nearly pushing Him into the water. He boarded a nearby boat and asked Simon to put out into the water so he could teach. […]
Numbers 20:1-13; Nearly forty years have passed since the turmoil and challenges of chapters 16 and 17. Moses and Aaron have led the difficult assembly of Israel to the Desert of Zin just south of Canaan, but there is no water. The people once again contend with their leaders, but instead of judgement, Yahweh instructs […]
Numbers 17:1-13; Moses and Aaron return to the tent of meeting to hear from the LORD following the daunting series of events of Numbers 16. Yahweh instructed Moses to collect the staffs of the 12 tribal leaders of Israel and put them in front of the ark of the covenant. God would then reveal His […]
Numbers 16:41-50; The next day after Yahweh’s powerful judgement against the rebellion of Korah and the 250 Levites, the assembly of Israeal rose up against Moses and Aaron. The LORD responded with a deadly plague which killed nearly 15 thousand in the camp before Moses sent Aaron with his censer of incense as atonment for […]