We are drowning in words today. I sometimes wonder if words have ever carried less value than they do at this particular moment in history. The internet allows just about anybody to publish words publicly,[1] and most of us spend too much time scrolling through thoughtless, meaningless words from family, friends, and frenemies. It takes almost no effort to say something these days, so we “speak” without restraint or meditation. And with so much meaningless utterance in the air, we don’t tend...

We have been trying to escape this world that God has created with us in mind since the garden of Eden. In Genesis, God forms Adam from...

The two images of eternal consequence in this passage are likely to overshadow anything else our congregants hear, so let’s begin with...