The Chosen

Calvinist thought is built around the idea of the chosen -- that God chooses some to do his work in the world. The Talmud offers a similar idea in the notion that the world is sustained by the righteous in the same way that Sodom and Gomorrah could have been saved if ten righteous people had been found there. The idea is similar to the Jewish story of the Pillars of the Universe, and we looked at a beautiful poem by Mikael Horowitz titled "Thirty Six Sentences on the Lamed-Vovniks" https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5791033/Lamed-Vovniks.pdf

This week, we watch Paul at the Areopagus  and hear from Jesus' Farewell Discourse. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, The Chosen by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

My Garden

Christ directed his followers to spread the good news to all the nations. When we find that the nations aren't much interested in what we have to say, when we realize how irrelevant we are to those to whom we bring this good news, we're inclined to sigh about "the people today". We're much less likely to entertain seriously the possibility that the good news we are offering isn't perceived as good news at all. The god we present is seen as a children's tale, and I'm not so sure that I disagree. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, My Garden by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Entertaining Angels

Donald Sterling stepped in pretty deep goo this week. It made me think of just how dangerous the idea of a punitive God taking notes "up there" is, and how differently the world would appear were we to confess that God makes his residence here; He walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am His own. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Entertaining Angels, by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.