April 20, 2019
Grace to you and peace in Jesus’ holy name. Amen. Our enemies never cease to assail us. The sight of our sin shames us. The power of the grave frightens us. Death’s shadow hovers over us waiting for an opportune time to strike. Such a shadow has covered our Lord. The women make their way… Read More »
April 19, 2019
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ Holy Name. Amen. We are here on this dark, somber, day. A day of conviction in self-reflection of our sinfulness and the endless failures we bring before our God, often unknowingly, but all too often defiantly knowing our sin and not caring about the pain it causes our… Read More »
April 18, 2019
Grace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen. During this Lenten season we have looked at several people. We looked at Judas the betrayer, Caiaphas the schemer, Nicodemus the silent believer, Pontius Pilate the thinker, and even one of the mob. So who could be left? In Jesus’ Passion there are many characters, but perhaps some… Read More »
April 14, 2019
May God’s peace, and His victory over sin, give you comfort in Jesus’ name. Amen. It is one week before the Passover celebration. Jesus is now in Bethany, less than a day’s walk to Jerusalem. Mary, Martha and Lazarus are some of Jesus’ closest friends, so He makes one last stop at their house to… Read More »
April 10, 2019
Grace, and peace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen. You might find this hard to believe at first, but there is really a lot in common with Simon Peter, and Judas Iscariot. You might say these two were made of much of the same stuff. So why did they end up in such utterly, radically,… Read More »
April 7, 2019
Grace, peace and mercy be yours in Jesus’ name. Amen. You probably remember Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ.” It produced a lot of controversy when it was released. One of those controversial issues, maybe the most controversial, is whether or not this film is accusing the Jews of killing Jesus. When this… Read More »
April 3, 2019
Grace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen. I’m sure you’ve heard the expression ’mob-mentality.’ One moment a crowd is cheering on the team and the next moment the stands are filled with boos for the fumbled play. One moment you have a milling crowd and the next a frenzied mob. People in a crowd will… Read More »
March 31, 2019
Grace, peace, and mercy be yours in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. We have all no doubt imagined what God’s throne room might be like. We’ve read some of those verses in the Bible that describe various things we will see when we set foot in that regal and great hall. We’ve… Read More »
March 30, 2019
Old Testament: Psalm 22 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far away from helping me, so far away from the words of my groaning? 2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer— also at night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet,… Read More »
