When Netflix presents their home page there is always the “suggested” genera based on what you have watched in the past. You know it says: “Because you watched - - - you might like - - -“. If one where to take your Bible readings and make suggestions based on your past “views” the suggestions might be….
History Channel with more of Genesis for all those times that we decided that we were going to read through the Bible from start to finish but never made it past chapter 21.
Romance and Family since we seem to stick to all the fairly good parts such as; births, blessings and benedictions, or
“60 Minutes” full of hard hitting and challenging messages – but not too much as you can really only handle about one hour
However, we aren’t Netflix and so we try, with great intentionality, to offer a proclamation that leads us all to want to know God more and to be better disciples of Jesus. It turns out that we are one of the few congregations, Lutheran Congregations, that is, that does – sermon series. Most congregations follow what is called the “Lectionary”, a three year series of lessons designed to give an overview of the life of Jesus. But there is no way that a lectionary can really cover the entire story of the Bible and too often I feel as though some of the more difficult texts are left out. Also, there are times in the life of a community where specific proclamation is needed. We at Abiding Love have discovered that Sermon Series help us grow!
“We want to know – not because to know is to believe, but because to believe is to want to know.” -- (Friderick J. Gaiser – Word & World)
This Epiphany season we will encounter the Word using a sermon series called: “Living Words”. May the Word of God dwell in you richly. See you in church!
