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Stewardship of Time: Balancing Work & Rest
Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. She went for a walk in the forest. Pretty soon, she came upon a little house. She knocked and, when no one answered, she walked right in. At the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry. She tasted [...]
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Stewardship of Time: Recovering the Rhythms of Creation
Genesis 1:1-2:3
A number of years ago when I was youth pastoring in Massachusetts, our youth group acquired a djembe, an African drum, to accompany our praise and worship services. We thought one of the kids would either know how to play it or be interested in learning how to play it, but when no one was [...]
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Stewardship & Kingship: Knowing our Place in the World
Psalm 24:1-2
J.R.R. Tolkien, in his epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings, explores antithetical relationship between stewardship and kingship. On one hand, there is a character named Denethor, who is in the position of steward of Gondor. He is the temporary ruler of Gondor in the absence of the proper king, but he has grown corrupt [...]
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Wisdom & Sex: A Highway to Hell or a Freeway to Fulfillment?
Proverbs 5:1-23
Maintaining sexual purity is one of the premier challenges of life! It is such an important issue that Solomon deals with the topic 5 times within the first 9 chapters of Proverbs. Like many of the lectures in Proverbs, this section begins with a call for one’s attention. In the first two verses of the [...]
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Wisdom & Friendship: Who to Choose?
(Proverbs)
English Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw were never exactly what you might call friends. Shaw never missed an opportunity to take a stab at Churchill. He sent him two tickets to the opening night of one of his plays with this message attached, “Dear Winston: Here are two tickets. Bring [...]
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Doubting & Believing
John 20:24-30
In 1993 FBI agents conducted a raid of Southwood psychiatric hospital in San Diego, which was under investigation for medical insurance fraud. After hours of reviewing medical records, the agents had worked up an appetite. The agent in charge of the investigation called a nearby pizza parlor to order a quick dinner for his colleagues. [...]
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The Return of the King
John 12:12-19
The British writer J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy Lord of the Rings has regained popular since Peter Jackson put it into movie form. The third film of the trilogy, The Return of the King, won more Oscars than any other film released in 2004. The story chronicles a young hobbit’s journey to from the Shire to [...]
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Wisdom & Work:
The Dangers of Laziness
(Proverbs)
Throughout the years many people have observed the close relationship between wisdom and work. Here are a few examples: • When Pope John Paul XXIII was asked how many people work in the Vatican, he replied, “About half of them.” • The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry [...]
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Wisdom & Family:
Establishing a Godly Heritage
Proverbs
The family is an interesting institution. Humorist Robert Orbin once said, “Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: ‘We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills.’ It sounds exactly like our family vacation.” [...]
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Stewardship of Talent: A Good & Faithful Servant
Matthew 25:14-30