Topic: Hope

This morning we’re going to cover a part of Scripture with a bunch of names and it makes it to glaze over those names. But there’s something meaningful about seeing names, because it’s a reminder that every name represents an entire life of ups and downs. These are people that woke up, worked, had some wins and losses, and then we are going to see a phrase repeated over and over, “and then he died.”

I remember when our kids were like 3 and 6 years old I walked in the door after work, and my wife Holly was on the phone with 911. Holly was using one of those food processors, got distracted, and chopped off the tips of her fingers.  I said, “Hang up the phone, get in the car!” and we definitely broke some laws as we got her to the ER.

We’ve titled this series “Heavenly Citizens” out of Philippians chapter 3 where God’s Word refers to those who are in Christ as “citizens of heaven.” … read more