You have little reason to trust me. If you do, it is mainly because you trust A Plain Account, and they trusted me enough to post this. So, whatever credence I have, I would like to spend it all right now just to get you to read the following passages before you go any further with this article or your sermon preparation: 1 Kings 19:11-13; Exodus chapters 19, 24, and 32-34, 40:34; Deut. 4:11-12, 33-36; 2 Chronicles 5; Isaiah 6:1-9; 19:1; Ezekiel 1:28-2:3, chapter 10 (esp. v. 4); Daniel...

It is Easter. In the face of everything, it is. But it is early. So early, our text tells us, it is still dark. I am typing this on day 2...

By the end of our text everything that can be said has been said, and everything that can be done has been done. At least, all that can...