Choose the Complicated Story

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho October 13, 2018 Joshua 24:1-27 Last week, Moses was leading the people of God through the parted Red Sea so they could be liberated out of slavery and into freedom. They wandered in the wilderness before they made it to the Promised Land. As our…

Stories We Tell

A sermon preached November 6, 2011 at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. Joshua 24:1-25 In our text this morning, Joshua tells the people their story as God sees it. Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond…

Oil Crisis

Joshua 24:14-24 Matthew 25:1-13 A sermon preached October 26, 2008 Southminster Presbyterian Boise, Idaho Our weddings still have bridesmaids, but other than that, perhaps we feel a little removed from this parable of Jesus’ in Matthew. When we invite people to our weddings today, we tell people to show up at a particular time. 2:00…