The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 3, 2017 Matthew 15:21-28 Strive For a Great Faith! Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession.” Jesus did […]

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost August 27, 2017 Matthew 14:22-23 Step Out of the Boat! Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When […]

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 20, 2017 Isaiah 55:1-5 Come to God’s Rich Banquet! Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your […]

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost August 13, 2017 I Kings 3:5-12 Choices, Choices, Choices At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was […]

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost August 6, 2017 Joel 3:12-16 Decision Time! “Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side. Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full […]