The Third Sunday of Easter April 18, 2021 Acts 4:8-12 Jesus Christ of Nazareth— The Most Powerful Name of All!   Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them:  “Rulers and elders of the people!  If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and […]

The Second Sunday of Easter April 11, 2021 1 John 5:1-6 Easter’s Ongoing Victory!   Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.  This is how we know that we love the children of God; by loving God and carrying […]

Easter Sunday April 4, 2021 John 20:19-23 Life-Giving Hands   On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”  After he said this, he showed them his hands […]

Palm Sunday March 28, 2021 Philippians 2:5-11 Strive to Have a Palm Sunday Attitude!   Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:  Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made […]

The Fifth Sunday in Lent March 21, 2021 Hebrews 5:7-10 The Value of Suffering!   During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.  Although he was […]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 14, 2021 Ephesians 2:4-10 Created by Grace for Grace!   But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.  And God raised us up with […]

The Third Sunday in Lent March 7, 2021 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 We Proclaim Christ Crucified!   Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified:  a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God […]

The Second Sunday in Lent February 28, 2021 Romans 5:1-11 Lent Gives Us Reasons to Boast!   Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  And we rejoice in […]

The First Sunday in Lent February 21, 2021 Romans 8:31-39 The Confidence that Conquers!   What, then, shall we say in response to this?  If God is for us, who can be against us?  He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with […]

Transfiguration Sunday February 14, 2021 Mark 9:2-9 The Transfiguration of Our Lord= The Revelation of God’s Love!   After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone.  There he was transfigured before them.  His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone […]