The Three Surprises of Heaven
June 21st, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s Sermon is based on Luke 14:15-24.
How to be a really good person without really being good
June 14th, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s sermon is based on Genesis 15:1-6. God’s dealings with Abraham reveal how God deals with you and with all sinners.
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May 31st, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s sermon is based on Acts 2:1-21.
Is Christianity really good for you?
May 24th, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s sermon is based on John 15:26-16:4.
Your sorrow will turn to joy
May 3rd, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s sermon is based on John 16:16-22.
The Impossible is His Element
April 12th, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s Easter sermon is based on 1 Cor. 15:50-58 and focuses us on Christ’s resurrected body and His promise to resurrect believers in glorious bodies like His at the end of days.
Prisoners of Hope
April 5th, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s sermon is based on Zech. 9:9-12.
Judica - 5th Sunday in Lent
March 29th, 2009Pastor Armstrong’s sermon is based on Hebrews 9:11-15.
Responding to Sexual Temptation in a High Tech Society
March 8th, 2009Reminescere: The Second Sunday in Lent
March 6th, 2009“Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your
steadfast love…” (Ps. 25:6)
One of our greatest pleasures is reminiscing, recalling with fondness the simple pleasures and joys of the past. God gives us the wonderful ability to remember many things and, as an added plus, to forget some of our more painful experiences.
God takes great pleasure in remembering as well. His remembrance of mercy, however, is more than reflecting on the past. It is more than memory. It is reviving the past, but more than that. It is God doing again what He has done in the past, but in a newer and greater way. God doesn’t simply repeat the past. He goes beyond it. His mercy breaks the old molds and overflows. His mercy to Israel overflows to the Gentiles, as we see in our Gospel lesson for today.
While memory is pleasurable for us, it also limits us. We cannot visualize what lies ahead in life, especially in the life to come, because our minds are limited by our conceptions of the past. God, however, is not limited at all. He will build upon the past, but He will exceed it in ways we cannot imagine. So when you pray God to remember His mercy, hang on and get ready for a ride! He will amaze you by His ability to outdo Himself