Remember: Words of Life and Freedom

3/8/2026 - Third Sunday in Lent and Joyful Sounds will be ringing. Remember that Daylight Savings Time begins. Pastor Paul A. Bennett will continue our Lent sermon series, “Remember,” with the sermon, “Words of Life and Freedom,” based on Exodus 19:4-6 & Exodus 20:1-4, 7-8.

Nobody loves rules.

Most of us understand their importance, but we can’t help but file them in the same mental category as eating brussels sprouts or cardio exercise, all necessary evils meant to prevent bad things from happening.

When we take that same attitude and apply it to the covenant laws and wisdom provided us by God, however, we end up missing the point. Moses and the Israelites were meant to learn that the law provided by God wasn’t just to keep them from trouble or tragedy, it was meant to unlock a new and life-giving relationship with God.

How might we learn the same even today?