Category Archives: Old Testament

Excuses, Excuses

Posted on June 17, 2010 by stevepvc

This week’s sermon is on the burning bush theophany, and the ensuing call of Moses and his remarkable dialogue with God.  One part I’m not going to spend much time on is the set of excuses that Moses offers as … Continue reading →

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Cry Out – A Sermon from Exodus 2:23-25

Posted on June 13, 2010 by stevepvc

(This is the first in the Exodus Sermon series. The audio for the entire series is here.) Israel was indeed a nation born of promises.  It was an entire nation that traced its lineage back to one man, Abraham, a … Continue reading →

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Fear and Pharaoh

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stevepvc

As I’ve been working on the Exodus sermon series, one of the themes that keeps showing up is how fear guides people, often in destructive ways. Often in the story, God is fighting against the fears of his people, or … Continue reading →

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Exploring Exodus

Posted on May 25, 2010 by stevepvc

I’ve been working in Exodus a bit, and have decided to preach from Exodus for my first series here at Cedar Lane. Exploring the text with a view towards preaching excites me, and I’m filled with wonder at how rich … Continue reading →

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Psalm 136 Redux

Posted on April 27, 2010 by stevepvc

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. To the God who remakes the world, for his steadfast love endures forever. To the God who reshapes the bitter heart, for his steadfast love … Continue reading →

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Getting it Right the Second Time

Posted on April 8, 2010 by stevepvc

Getting it right the first time is awesome. It’s smooth and painless. It makes you feel like a pro at whatever you’re doing. It shows a lot of skill, and sometimes it can demonstrate that you did your homework and … Continue reading →

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Sermon Posted: Swallowed – Jonah’s Tale

Posted on April 1, 2010 by stevepvc

I just posted one of the sermons from our weekend in Tullahoma.  I haven’t had time to evaluate the second one yet, and fiddle with the web upload, but here is the one on Jonah. For folks that have been … Continue reading →

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Deborah’s song

Posted on March 18, 2010 by stevepvc

This afternoon, when I turned to today’s reading in Project 4:4, a very simple pair of lines in the song of Deborah and Barak caught my eye in a new way: That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that … Continue reading →

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Judges – Scripture and Sovereignty

Posted on March 17, 2010 by stevepvc

I’m a free will guy.  My theology definitely leans that way, and more often than not the way I think, feel, speak, and act is shaded towards the reality of choice. That’s why reading the Bible is hard for me. … Continue reading →

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Knowing That I Don’t Know

Posted on March 14, 2010 by stevepvc

One of the trickier parts of leadership is keeping in mind that I rarely know the whole story. I was thinking about that this morning as my class of High School seniors worked through the story of Achan in Joshua … Continue reading →

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