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The Point of Worship

by Bob Setzer, Jr.

This week, someone asked me for the Bible reference to the “quiver of arrows” I mentioned in last Sunday’s sermon. He remembered this verse as likening “the children of one’s youth” to a bountiful supply of arrows. The verse he was searching for is Psalm 127:4-5. The only problem was–if indeed, it was a problem–I made no such reference in my sermon.

This sort of thing happens to me a lot. People hear all sorts of things in sermons I don’t remember saying. In some cases, they are simply mistaken; in others, I surely am. But there is another reason people often hear things in sermons I didn’t actually say: maybe I’m not the one doing the talking. We gather in worship to hear the Word of God, after all. Read More

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Wading Through Quicksand

by Bob Setzer, Jr.

This column has been slow in coming. Grief does that. It slows time down. Sometimes ploughing through the “valley of the shadow” is like wading through quicksand. Movement is difficult and exhausting when pushing against the suction of tears.

My dad died a year ago this June 27th after a long and debilitating illness. He spent his last year mostly bedfast and in perpetual pain and discomfort. In many ways, his death was a blessed release, not only for him, but for those who knew and loved him. As a believer, I know he is in a “better place.” Most days, I am in a “better place.” But sometimes, the unfinished grief sneaks up and taps me on the shoulder. Read More

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