One of the worst decisions in the Bible is made by a person most people have never heard of: Rehoboam, son of Solomon. As the United Monarchy in Israel is teetering on the brink of civil war, King Solomon dies and the country looks to Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, to unite them. It does not go well.
This week’s sermon title, The Torn Fabric, is taken from a scene right before the story when a prophet in the court (who you’ve also likely never heard of) sees the looming disaster and rips the new garment he is wearing into 12 pieces. It is torn to predict the splintering of Israel’s twelve tribes that is to come. Sunday we’ll look at what went wrong and how it might speak to us in our divided world
— Pastor Anne
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