Hope Presbyterian Church In Winston-salem Sermons

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20 “This world has nothing for me And this world has everything All that I could want And nothing that I need” Caedmon’s Call, “This World” “Our sticky fingers are motivated by desire for control just as much as for power—our tendency is to protect against the unknown future, especially against a future of need or dependence. This is illusory because of, well, the way life works in its unpredictability, but also because our thirst for security and control is just as ruthlessly insatiable as our hunger for love. Today, material comforts, in all of their abundance, are the yardstick of well-being. We can now meet all of our material needs in a way that shoves God into a corner along with our emptied shopping bags and useless impulse purchases.” Emily Hornsby, “New Research on Wealth Confirms What Jesus Said 2,000 Years Ago” “Jesus—upon whom the Father looks and says, ‘This is my beloved Son’—is the only rich man in the world; we, who spend our whole lives in the pursuit of wealth, come in th