Category: Scripture
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Singing in the Dark
Johnny Dark At some point each day, having listened to the same song most of the day, Johnny Dark takes out his phone, points it toward a mirror in his darkened home before hitting record, and begins to sing. When he’s finished he uploads the song to his YouTube channel where it joins a collection…
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The God Who Sees
Here’s a lightly edited version of a recent sermon from Genesis 16. There’s something powerful about being seen. This is especially true when you are used to not being seen; when you’ve been un-seen for so long that you are no longer surprised when people don’t see you. On Friday, our family joined some of…
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Ten Characteristics of Biblical Justice
I first shared the following post in my newsletter which you can subscribe to here. This week I spoke (online) at a church in California. They had assigned me the topic of biblical justice which ended up being a good excuse to think about what we might actually mean by that phrase. Often, in my…
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Proclaiming Freedom
The liberating God sends us to confront every earthly captivity with divine freedom. A Juneteenth sermon from Jeremiah 34:8-22
David W. Swanson 