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Don’t Call It A Mission Trip

Sermon delivered in Presbiteriana Iglesia Sabanilla, Cuba on May 19, 2019 Revelation 21:1-6 Hello, my people! !Hola mi gente! I have missed you. Les he echado de menos. I have longed to see you. He anhelado verles. I have prayed for you, and I am thankful to God that God has brought me back to you. He orado por ustedes y agradezco a Dios que Dios me haya devuelto a ustedes. I called you, “my people,” because I recently heard a musical artist from Guatemala, and he called his audience, “my people.” Les llamé "mi gente" porque recientemente escuché a un artista musical de Guatemala y él llamó a su audiencia "mi gente". The crowd responded with cheers of joy, and he started introducing his band. One was from Honduras. Another was from Venezuela. Their music had a wonderful Latin American sound! The crowd was swaying, and I thought, “I’ve been to Guatemala, maybe I can be one of his people for a little while.” La multitud respondió con gritos de alegría, y él come...

Wonder, Joy, and Goodness

Job 1:1, 2:1-10         Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12     Mark 10:2-16   “ I have of late  —  but   wherefore I know not  —  lost all my mirth, forgone all   custom of exercises; and  indeed ,  it goes so heavily   with my disposition that this goodly frame, the   earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most   excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave   o'erhanging  firmament, this  majestical  roof fretted   with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to   me than a foul and pestilent congregation of  vapors .   What a piece of work is a  man! ;  h ow noble in reason! ; h ow infinite in faculty! ; i n form and moving how   express and admirable! ; i n action how like an angel! ; i n apprehension how like a god! ;  the beauty of the   world! ;  the paragon of animals! And yet, to me,   ...