Abraham & the Stranger: The God Who Turns Up Out of the Blue

Abraham & the Stranger:
The God Who Turns Up Out of the Blue
July 19, 2020

Author Andy Crouch writes, “In Scripture, the God who made us and calls us turns out to be so very different from what anyone expects – no matter what we expected.”

All of us, regardless of age, gender, race, or any other defining characteristics, are living through a time that is overwhelmingly different from what anyone could have imagined or expected. There’s no script, no roadmap, no guarantee for what next week, next month, or even next year will look like.  These are some strange times. No matter what your expectations were for 2020, this year has turned out to be very different from what any of us anticipated. In very real ways, life on our planet has become very strange. It almost feels like the only thing we know for sure, is that nothing is for sure anymore!

I’m Chris Voigt, Lead Pastor at Dayspring Fellowship in Keizer. This Sunday, we’re starting a new sermon series called Stranger Things. I’ve been following Jesus for most of my life. Through the years, as I’ve grown in my faith and obedience to Him, I’ve come to realize that the more I know or understand about God, the more there is for me to learn. I will never have Him “figured out.” He is beyond my limited human capacity to comprehend. Over the next 8 weeks, we’ll be looking at a series of stories from the Bible where God shows up in the lives of people in some pretty unique, if not downright strange ways. These stories will give us a glimpse at some of God’s more perplexing characteristics, and will both challenge and deepen our faith, as we navigate this strange season. Join us this week, as we look at a unique encounter with God from the story of Abraham.