I know exactly where I was when the seed of this sermon was planted. I was running through the so-called Eternal City of Rome in the early morning, before dawn. I passed various famous buildings of ancient Rome, enduring emblems of the empire’s astounding wealth,...
How often do we stop to recognize that God’s covenant interaction with humanity starts with the simple command, “Go”? God says to Abram, “Go! Go from your country and go from your kindred to the land that I will show you.” God says to Moses, “Go confront Pharaoh and...