Pastor Al Barth preached from John 4:1-30 about Jesus’ encounter one hot day with a foreign woman who had a checkered past. As it turns out, we have much in common with that woman and the same need for what Jesus had to offer her.
As the second Adam and the faithful Israel, Jesus resisted temptation and so can help us when we are tempted.
The loss of the Ark from Israel anticipated the way of approaching God through Christ and also warns against faith that is merely outward...
Our little work of accepting each other in the church is part of the big work God is doing in the world.
