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U Matters - 02 Feb 2017

by Greg Anderson on February 02, 2017

Charles Spurgeon, the greatest preacher of the 19th century, preached 44% of his sermons from the Old Testament. A study of 20th century preachers found that they based their sermons on the OT only 31% of the time. By both those measures I am far below average as a preacher.

I am going to take the Old Testament up for Lent. We begin a new series of messages on King Hezekiah from 2 Chronicles. His life and times just might teach us how to better follow Christ our King. If that isn’t enough Old Testament for you, Brenna Dykman is doing a fascinating study of the book of Amos Sunday evenings at 5PM. This Old Testament prophet has a lot to say (some of it quite painful) to those of us who don’t take justice as serious as does our Lord.

Hope you all had a fabulous CNY! Welcome back.

Pastor Greg

About the Author

Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson joined Union as Senior Pastor in January 2007. He has served churches in England and in the US and has taught at Wheaton College. He has degrees from Wheaton, Princeton Seminary, Yale University, and the University of Minnesota. Greg has been married to and besotted by Holly for 29 years. They have four children: Lindsey a chemical engineer in Boston, Andrew a banker in London, Jamie an actor in LA, and John a student at Hong Kong University. Greg has a passion for preaching, evangelism, teaching, church growth, and equipping people for ministry in the marketplace. He gets teased for quoting C S Lewis too often and having a staff so stunning that people wonder what there is left for him to do. He collects and even reads books, watches baseball on the internet, and thanks God daily for the opportunity to serve with such an amazing congregation.