Malachi 3:1-4 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 This week, as we draw near to the truth of God’s amazing love for us, let us begin with a message of hope from Sarah Are’s poem, Draw Near to Truth. Truth is like sand— slipping through my fingers every time I turn on the news. So day after day, I gather the dust at my feet and build sand castles of the world I want to see— Sand castle cities with fair housing, no walls, families united and a name like Love. And when the waves threaten to tear them down, I will rebuild. For the truest thing I know is that God is love, and love is stronger than fear. The truest thing I know is that God is love, and love is stronger than fear – that’s a good place to start from, and it’s like a compressed version of the truth we discovered two weeks ago when we heard Pilot ask (rhetorically), “What is truth?” The answer we received from scripture is that there is a God. God is active and p...
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