{"id":4642,"date":"2024-11-11T13:40:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T13:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2024-11-11T13:41:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T13:41:42","slug":"sermon-11-10-2024-gods-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4642","title":{"rendered":"Sermon 11\/10\/2024: &#8220;God&#8217;s Presence&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png 168w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-102x150.png 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen Here: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ross-241110-Gods-Presence.mp3\">God&#8217;s Presence<\/a>&#8220;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>1 Kings 17:8-16; Hebrews 9:24-28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The story of the widow of Zarephath stands as a challenge to our faith. The first question that people need to deal with is whether or not the story is true.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clearly, the story at face value violates our understanding of reality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flour and oil do not normally appear out of nothing. If our concern is <em>how<\/em> such a thing is possible, we will be left in doubt because we don\u2019t know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If we don\u2019t assume the factuality of the story, or don\u2019t trust the integrity of the Bible, we turn it into a myth or fiction, and will dismiss it without further consideration.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>But just because something is fictional doesn\u2019t mean that it doesn\u2019t convey important truth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Imaginary scenarios can describe and convey important truths that are deeper and more complex that ordinary facts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(This is just a teaser. If you want to know more, listen to the sermon.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday morning messages are available on the website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpaulsmarietta.org\/audio\">www.stpaulsmarietta.org\/audio<\/a>). Tell your friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to evaluate the story we must take it at face value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-4642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worship-this-week","tag-worship-this-week"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Paross","author_link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4644,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642\/revisions\/4644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}