Romans 5:1-5 Faith Filled Men June 16, 2019 (Father’s Day) Today is Father’s Day – a day when we honor our fathers – the men who help give us life and nurture, teach, and train us. But – for some reason – Father’s Day is not celebrated in the same way or with the same […]
Acts 16:16-34 John 17:20-26 Bad News and Good News Easter 7 June 2 2019 The Lord has risen! Alleluia! He has risen indeed! This is the glorious truth of Easter – the glorious truth of the Christian faith — – that we serve a Lord who was crucified for our sins – […]
Acts 14:8-18 John 13:31-35 True Glory Easter 5 May 19, 2019 The Gospel passage before us today from John 13 is not a story of the risen Christ with His followers as some of the passages have been during these Sundays after Easter, but gives us a teaching that Christ gave to His disciples on […]
Isaiah 55:1-9 Luke 13:1-9 “Will You Get What You’ve Paid For?” Lent 3 March 24 2019 We are now 3 weeks into our journey through the season of Lent. Lent is an important season for us as we focus on Christ, what His death and resurrection mean for us, and how we can become […]
Genesis 15:1-12, 17- 18 Luke 13:31-35 Who’s Afraid? Lent 2 March 17 2019 We are 2 weeks into the Season of Lent, , the six weeks in the Church year when we focus on what God has done for us through the death of Christ for our sins and our response to God’s great […]
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Luke 4:1-15 Remembering Who We Are Lent 1 (Communion) March 10, 2019 We are beginning the Sundays In Lent today. Lent is the 6 week season of the Church year before the events of Holy Week, the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday and the resurrection on Easter. During Lent we focus […]
Exodus 34:29-35 Luke 9:28-36 Jesus Stands Alone March 3, 2019 Transfiguration Today’s scripture lessons are not for the faint of heart. Some may say that they are not for our times. Ours is an era of broad minds and acceptance. Many feel that the only thing they’re certain about is that there’s nothing worth being […]
Luke 5:1-11 “Are You Ready To Fish/” February 10, 2019 I love to fish. In our Scripture lesson for today, Peter, James, John, and others were doing what I love to do — they were fishing. For them, however, it wasn’t a recreational activity — it was their job — so you can […]
Luke 4:21-30 “Insiders” And The Spirit Of God February 3 2019 Jesus saw it coming while it was still about a mile down the road. “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here … the things that we heard you did at Capernaum.’” He said. Jesus […]
Luke 4:14-21 It’s Good News January 27 2019 Our passage from Luke 4 for today tells the story of Jesus’ visit to His hometown synagogue in Nazareth at the beginning of His ministry. Luke places this story at the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry as a way of telling us, at the outset, what […]