The Power of Thanksgiving
It’s been busy out here is Fresh Read’s world, so here is another sermonic clip on a very interesting passage – I Timothy 4:1-5 1 Tim. 4:1-5     Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, [2] through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, [3] who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. [4] For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, [5] for it is made holy b

Proverbs 30:1 – Textual Variants
At the start of this passage is a difficult textual problem.  If you have the NIV translation (or one of several others) you will read this: The sayings  of Agur son of Jakeh—an oracle : This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ucal               I am preaching today from the English Standard Version, because it reads verse one this way. The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out.             When the Hebrew of the Old Testament was first written down, they

Genesis 3 – Hard Times
It is interesting to see what we can uncover in a familiar passage.  Is there any story more familiar than the Temptation scene in the Garden of Eden.  You know, the serpent, the apple and first couple.  Here is a Fresh Read Sermon – Hard Times.gen3

Busting Through
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On the Image of God – Genesis 1:26-27
             Last month I went to Sandwich, Illinois for a class in how to carve people’s faces.  That was a lot of fun, and I spent 6 hours making eyes and noses and mouths.  Now the trick will be to put them together in the right places.             In the evening there was a class called Drawing for Wood Carvers.  Carvers usually work from a drawing or a picture.  I like to carve things from my own life, but it is hard for me to draw those things.  So I thought the class was a good idea.