Easter Sunday April 20, 2025 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 Because He Lives— Death Has Lost Its Sting!   Dear fellow worshipers of our living Lord and Savior,   He is risen!  He is risen indeed!   There are certain things that we experience in life that “sting” us— sometimes deeply.  If a young person does poorly on a very important test— that “stings.”  If we get fired from our dream job— that “stings.”  If someone we love ends up rejecting us—…

Palm Sunday April 13, 2025 Luke 19:28-40 God’s Surprising Strategies— His Humility is Our Hope!   28After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.  29As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30“Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden.  Untie it and…

The Fifth Sunday in Lent April 6, 2025 Philippians 3:4b-14 God’s Surprising Strategies— Hiding Treasure in the Trash!   4If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised the eighth day; of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless. 7But whatever was to my profit, I now consider loss for…