I Believe in the Holy Christian Church the Communion of Saints!
The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 26, 2019 Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 I Believe in the Holy Christian Church the Communion of Saints! And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high…
This is Our Permanent Home!
The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 19, 2019 Revelation 21:1-5 This is Our Permanent Home! Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the…
Welcome Home!
The Fourth Sunday of Easter May 12, 2019 Revelation 7:9-17 Welcome Home! After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and…
Worthy is the Lamb!
The Third Sunday of Easter May 5, 2019 Revelation 5:6-14 Worthy is the Lamb! Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” Then I heard every creature in…
The Risen Christ Says….
The Second Sunday of Easter April 28, 2019 Revelation 1:1-19 The Risen Christ Says… The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw— that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear…
Celebrate the Easter Gospel!
Easter Sunday April 21, 2019 I Corinthians 15:1-11 Celebrate The Easter Gospel! Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins…
Get Ready for Easter– Recognize Your Savior!
Palm Sunday April 14, 2019 Philippians 2:5-11 Get Ready for Easter— Recognize Your Savior! 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 in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! Therefore God…
Get Ready for Easter– Keep Your Eyes Focused on the Goal!
The Fifth Sunday in Lent April 7, 2019 Philippians 3:12-14 Get Ready for Easter— Keep Your Eyes Focused on the Goal! Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is…
Get Ready for Easter– Praise the Lord!
The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 31, 2019 Isaiah 12:1-6 Get Ready for Easter— Praise the Lord! In that day you will say: “I will praise you, O LORD. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from…
Get Ready for Easter– Remember!
The Third Sunday in Lent March 24, 2019 I Corinthians 10:1-13 Get Ready for Easter— Remember! For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that…