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Jonah Old Testament OT Narrative Sermons

Questioning our Convictions: Jonah 4

If there is a master theme for in our country right now, it might be anger. Anger at racial injustice, anger at the disruption caused by the coronavirus, anger at the spin and sensationalism of various media outlets, anger at our elected officials, anger at…

Justin BaileyJuly 14, 2020

Genesis Old Testament OT Narrative Sermons

A Stone and A Staircase – Genesis 28

Why do different people experience the world in such different ways? Why do some people experience the world as bursting with God’s presence, and others nothing more than noise? What are the ways that we have been shaped to see, or not see, to hear or not…

Justin BaileyAugust 18, 2019

1 Samuel Favorite Sermons Old Testament OT Narrative Sermons

Hannah’s Hope – 1 Samuel 2

Advent – which contemplates the great miracle of God becoming a human being – is a challenge to our intellect: “how can these things be?” But it is also a challenge to our imagination, the lens through which we see the world, what the Bible…

Justin BaileyDecember 9, 2018

Old Testament OT Narrative Ruth Sermons

Redemption – Ruth 3

Although the Bible is a grand story of how God brings healing to all of creation, it is also grounded in the gritty particularities of real times and places, and in the lives of real people. God does not bring antiseptic salvation separated from the…

Justin BaileyMay 20, 2017

Favorite Sermons Old Testament OT Narrative Ruth Sermons

Bitterness and Blessing – Ruth 1

The story of Ruth is a story of return, reversal, and renewal, of blessing that comes through bitterness, of unexpected kindness and unreserved loyalty. It teaches us that even in the times of emptiness, when prayers seem to fall lifeless to the ground, when it…

Justin BaileyMay 6, 2017

1 Samuel OT Narrative Sermons

“All that is Gold does not Glitter” – 1 Samuel 16

The hope of the Church is not in our own ingenuity or power, but in the Spirit’s empowering presence. This means that God often forges diamonds from rough situations, and that those the world least expects to excel are often the ones most powerfully commissioned…

Justin BaileyMay 15, 2016

1 Samuel OT Narrative Sermons

Bigger, Faster, Stronger – 1 Samuel 14

In a world obsessed with becoming bigger, faster, and stronger, could it be that God is actually looking for people who are willing to remain smaller, slower, and weaker, so that his greatness could be more clearly seen? Preached at Grace Pasadena in Pasadena, CA…

Justin BaileyApril 24, 2016

1 Samuel OT Narrative Sermons

“The Weight of Glory” – 1 Samuel 4

New beginnings often mean facing up to some painful realities about the way that things have been. Weeds and thorns must be exposed and cleared away before new life that has been planted can begin to grow. The new and shocking thing that God promised…

Justin BaileyApril 13, 2016

Favorite Sermons Jonah Old Testament OT Narrative

Passivity and Participation – Jonah 1

Familiarity doesn’t just breed contempt; familiarity can breed passivity. And we can become so familiar with cherished biblical narratives that we are inoculated against their power. When this happens, we lose our spiritual fitness and begin to suffer from a condition we might call spiritual…

Justin BaileyJanuary 3, 2016

OT Narrative

Questioning our Convictions: Jonah 4

A Stone and A Staircase – Genesis 28

Hannah’s Hope – 1 Samuel 2

Redemption – Ruth 3

Bitterness and Blessing – Ruth 1

“All that is Gold does not Glitter” – 1 Samuel 16

Bigger, Faster, Stronger – 1 Samuel 14

“The Weight of Glory” – 1 Samuel 4

Passivity and Participation – Jonah 1

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