Isaiah 2:1-5 & Matthew 24:36-44

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Beverly Dempsey preaching.

Referenced in this sermon:

• Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy (1991)

Palms Presbyterian Church is a church of the Presbyterian Church (USA) located in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. To learn more about us, visit us at palmschurch.org.

Wisdom (Part 11)

Job 38 & Job 42:1-6

Sunday, November 23, 2025

The Book of Job ends with a bracing monologue from God, who berates Job from a whirlwind, followed by Job's humble submission. Job was sure that if he could get an audience with God, his case would be vindicated. In the end, God says nothing that might help Job better understand his suffering. What does this tell us about our own suffering? What does this tell us about God?

Bryant Anderson preaching.

Referenced in this sermon:

• Stephen Mitchell, The Book of Job (1992)

Current Series: Wisdom

Some of the most intriguing texts in the Bible are those belonging to the genre known as Wisdom Literature. These books explore some of life's deepest, most pressing, and most unanswerable questions—questions of meaning, happiness, fulfillment, and suffering. While the world has changed immeasurably since these texts were written, the concerns they voice and the challenges they pose are just as relevant today as they were then. The books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job have much to teach us—even today—about what it means to live well in a complex world.

Palms Presbyterian Church is a church of the Presbyterian Church (USA) located in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. To learn more about us, visit us at palmschurch.org.

Wisdom (Part 10)

Job 1:1, 6-22; 3:1-4, 20-26

Sunday, November 16, 2025

The Book of Job is a fable of an innocent sufferer—but it is unlike any other fable you've ever read. It is a poetic masterpiece that wrestles with the deepest conundrums of human experience, giving voice not only to the great pain of suffering, but also to the outrageous yet undeniable reality that suffering so often befalls the undeserving. Job leads us into a head-on collision with these issues, but always in conversation with a God who is never far away.

Bryant Anderson preaching.

Referenced in this sermon:

• Byung-Chul Han, The Spirit of Hope (2024)
• Christian Wiman, My Bright Abyss (2013)

Current Series: Wisdom

Some of the most intriguing texts in the Bible are those belonging to the genre known as Wisdom Literature. These books explore some of life's deepest, most pressing, and most unanswerable questions—questions of meaning, happiness, fulfillment, and suffering. While the world has changed immeasurably since these texts were written, the concerns they voice and the challenges they pose are just as relevant today as they were then. The books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job have much to teach us—even today—about what it means to live well in a complex world.

Palms Presbyterian Church is a church of the Presbyterian Church (USA) located in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. To learn more about us, visit us at palmschurch.org.