RoboPreacher

you look up from the jar you had your hand in A sermon on the turning point in the book of Esther I have a confession … I know! I know! You can’t believe it. Why I see you sitting there, clutching your breast. I know what you’re thinking, too. You’re thinking, “ How could that be, Pastor Ryan?!? You’re perfect ! You’ve never done anything wrong!” I know… What ?!? Nothing?!? No one is surprised?!?   Yesh . Well, at least some of you could be a little taken aback! No ? Nothing? Oh well…   Ok, I’ll quit stalling. Here’s my confession: there’s this part of me that’s constantly making these comparisons .   For instance, when I read this stirring account of Esther taking up her mantle and risking her neck. A part of me hears all that and still thinks, “ Easy for you , Esther. At least you were queen .” *They say we’ve all fallen short of the glory of God. But that hasn’t stopped us from measuring the distance. And your dear pastor, I’m afraid to say, is a prime e...

now her griefs have passed away A sermon from the 4th chapter of Esther Well, you’ve got to love how ODD today’s scripture is. Don’t you? We don’t have time to go through the whole book of Esther.   * It is only 10 chapters, though, and you could easily read it in an hour, or so . But quickly, an official decree has been made that all Jewish people living in the Persian empire should be put to death .   …Not for any good reason, mind you. Simply because Mordecai , Esther’s uncle, refused to bow to an official of the court. And this official, unaccustomed to any loyalty higher than worldly power, campaigns to have all people like Mordecai, the Jewish people, killed … What the official doesn’t know, though , is Mordecai has a ringer ; Esther.   Because Esther has two identities. She is Jewish . BUT , she is also the queen . Esther was born Jewish.   But she became queen through a series of unlikely events: Born ...