Bowing Before the Lord of All Creation (Luke 8:22-25)
by Pastor Tim Miller First Baptist Church of Roxana Preached September 20, 2020 Like many kids, I was afraid of storms. Growing up in Kansas, summers meant that I was always on edge. Clouds would black out the sky. The wind would blow up to a hundred miles an hour. Lightning would strike, illuminating everything. Thunder would quickly follow, shaking the house. Rain would fall in an opaque sheet. Once or twice a month, the tornado sirens would scream that it was time to seek shelter. Tree limbs would fall. The power would go out. Even worse than all of this, my dad would listen to the police scanner at full blast, urgent voices communicating the dangers and calling for assistance. How we might wish that we had power over nature. We are in one of the busiest hurricane seasons recorded. Hurricane Sally made landfall last Wednesday with 105 mph winds and two feet of rainfall in the first hours. This isn’t the first and maybe isn’t the last hurricane to hit the Gulf this year. Mea...