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The Third Sunday after Pentecost Retirement June 29, 2025 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Undivided Attention— On the Foundation of the Church!   5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.  6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.  7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.  8The man who plants…

Trinity Sunday Father’s Day June 15, 2025 Romans 5:1-5 Undivided Attention— On the Mystery and Majesty of Our God!   1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  3Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering…

Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2025 John 14:23-27 Because He Lives— Christ Sends Us His Spirit!   23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.  24He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 25 “All this I have spoken while still with you.  26 But…

Ascension Sunday June 1, 2025 Acts 1:1-11 Because He Lives— His Ascension Empowers Us!         1In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.  3After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive.  He appeared to them over a period…

The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 25, 2025 John 16:16-24 Because He Lives— We Have Deep & Lasting Joy!   16 “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” 17 Some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”  18 They…

The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 18, 2025 John 13:31-35 Because He Lives— We Live Lives of Lavish Love!   31When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him.  32If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. 33My children, I will be with you only a little longer.  You will look for me, and just as I told the…

The Fourth Sunday of Easter Mother’s Day May 11, 2025 John 10:22-30 Because He Lives— We Know that Jesus is Trustworthy and True!         22Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem.  It was winter, 23and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.  24The Jews gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense?  If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25Jesus answered “I did tell you, but you do not believe. …

The Third Sunday of Easter May 4, 2025 John 21:1-14 Because He Lives— We Can See Things Clearly!   1Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias.  It happened this way: 2Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3“I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.”  So they went out and got into the boat,…

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…