The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost August 11, 2019 Colossians 1:24-29 What is the Purpose of the Church? Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have […]
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost August 4, 2019 Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Remember God’s Expectations! Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in […]
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 28, 2019 Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16 What’s Left on Your “To Do” List? Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill […]
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 21, 2019 Galatians 5:13-25 Sheep Don’t Wallow! You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If […]
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 14, 2019 Luke 9:18-24 Cherish the Cross! Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets […]
The Third Sunday after Pentecost June 30, 2019 Luke 7:11-17 A Man with a Heart! Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and […]
The Second Sunday after Pentecost June 23, 2019 Luke 7:1-10 What’s Your Reputation? When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of […]
Trinity Sunday Father’s Day June 16, 2019 Numbers 6:22-27 Blessed by the Triune God! The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious […]
Pentecost Sunday June 9, 2019 John 15:26-27 The Work of the Holy Spirit! “When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the […]
The Seventh Sunday of Easter June 2, 2019 Revelation 2:10 Be Faithful! Dear fellow worshipers of our living Lord and Savior, I would be willing to guess that at one time most of us here today stood before the altar of the living God and we made a promise to Him. After two […]