Isaiah 58:1-12 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Prophets, and there have been a lot of them throughout the history of God’s people, these men and women have often spoken with a threatening tone, offering God’s word of warning to disobedient nations. Read more
Luke 2: 22-40 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Last week we read, here in church, about Jesus and how he was preaching and calling his first Disciples and now we are reading about Jesus as a baby. It only goes to Read more
Isaiah 9:1-4, Matthew 4:12-23 Grace to you and peace from God and the Lord Jesus Christ I’m always amazed at how close the story of Jesus life came to the prophetic word of the Old Testament. And not only that, I am awed by the knowledge of the men, like Read more
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Let me begin by saying, just as did the Apostle Paul, “I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech Read more
Matthew 3:13-17 John the Baptist Shalom, may God’s peace be with you! I’m a changed man. All it took (laugh), All it took was an event of unimagined importance; change does not come easy. Let me tell you a bit of my story. My parents were older when they had Read more
John1:10-18 Merry Christmas As I just read, Jesus, God’s Son, “was in the world and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.” “The world did not know him” My son Paul, who works in advertising, would probably look at this as an advertising Read more
Matthew 2:13-23 Merry Christmas! It may be December 29, but the Christmas season continues for another week! While today’s gospel reading is a Christmas reading, it is not one of my favorites; the reason is simple; it does not tell about the happy events of Christmas. Traditionally it is known Read more
Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-20 Merry Christmas! I’ve often wondered what it might have sounded like, were I to have been able to eavesdrop on Mary and Joseph as they made their way from Nazareth to Bethlehem and then into Christmas morning. Obviously, their trip would not have been an easy Read more
Luke 2:1-20 Merry Christmas! Everything seems such a rush, a blur; everything, at this time of the year it’s just too much! It seems all I’ve been doing is buying, going to the post office, writing sermons, preparing services, wrapping gifts, visiting everyone that is sick and homebound and doing Read more
Luke 2:1-20 & Matthew 2:1-12 Joseph Merry Christmas! It warms my heart that you are celebrating this most special of days; I was there, Joseph is my name; let me tell you what happened; it would be good if I started at the beginning of things. It was wonderful thing Read more