November 16, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ Holy Name. Amen. Introduction: Today, Paul’s words to us are strange. He joins two very different things together. In just a few short verses, Paul moves from talking about food to talking about the return of Christ. Paul begins by talking about eating. Some Christians in Rome were… Read More »
November 9, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Introduction: “All roads lead to Rome.1” I’m sure you’ve heard this expression. Rome was the center of a massive web of roads covering the Roman Empire. Roads were marked with milestones, these roads spread outward from a single monument erected by Caesar Augustus: the golden milestone,… Read More »
November 8, 2020
Grace to you and peace in Jesus’ name. Amen. Introduction: The words we read from Romans today are challenging. Paul writes to encourage God’s people but his words can be overwhelming: “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil. Hold fast to what is good. Love one another… be fervent in spirit… rejoice in hope,… Read More »
October 18, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. The poet Elizabeth Browning once wrote: Earth is crammed with heaven and every common bush afire with God, but only He who sees, takes off his shoes.1 Our readings this morning invite us to be among those who see. They invite us to see the earth… Read More »
October 5, 2020
Grace to you and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Introduction: In American Christianity, Romans 11 has often been torn apart. You can find bits and pieces of it scattered about on the Internet, on various websites speaking about the end times and the restoration of Israel. These verses are joined to prophecies from Daniel, visions… Read More »
September 21, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. In 1961, a visitor walked into the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, in Glasgow Scotland, carrying a brick. He found a painting of the crucifixion and started to destroy it. His anger, his violence, his desecration of Christian art was not done out of hatred for… Read More »
September 13, 2020
Grace to you, and peace. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Introduction: You may have seen it before, on a laminated card in a Christian bookstore or on the back page of a Bible in a hotel room. It’s a listing of passages to look up in the Bible when you are in need of a special… Read More »
September 6, 2020
Grace, peace and mercy I pray would be yours in Jesus’ name. Amen. If you go to Coventry Cathedral, in England, and look toward the altar, you will be overwhelmed by the massive tapestry that rises before you. It depicts Christ enthroned in glory. A pale and wounded Jesus is seated on a throne. Surrounding… Read More »
August 30, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. In this series we have been looking at God’s greater story. The greater story of the presence and work of the one true holy Triune God. We have seen Christ our Deliverer, rescuing us from our sin. We have seen God our heavenly Father, claiming us… Read More »
August 16, 2020
Grace to you and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. I’d like to begin today by looking at two pictures: one is an etching, and the other a painting. They are both by the same artist. They are both of the same subject, but there is a world of difference between them. The artist is Rembrandt… Read More »
