Idols We Never Knew We Had– Are We Idolaters?
The Second Sunday after Pentecost June 3, 2018 Ezekiel 14:1-6 Idols We Never Knew We Had— Are We Idolaters? “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all? Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his…
The Holy Trinity– Just Praise Him!
Trinity Sunday May 27, 2018 Isaiah 6:1-8 The Holy Trinity— Just Praise Him! In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the…
A Powerful Picture of Pentecost!
Pentecost Sunday May 20, 2018 Ezekiel 37:1-14 A Powerful Picture of Pentecost! The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, “Son of man, can these…
Carlene Seghezzi Funeral
Funeral Devotion Carlene Seghezzi May 12, 2018 Hebrews 12:1-3 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ— especially you, Leah and Ronnie: Although I did not know Carlene all that long it didn’t take me all that long to learn that there were times when Carlene could be a somewhat “particular” person. My first indication of this came when I asked Carlene if she would be willing to proofread the bulletin that I had produced for one of the special…
A Mother’s Day Perspective on Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer
Mother’s Day May 13, 2018 John 17:11b-19 A Mother’s Day Perspective on Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer “Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. I am coming to you now,…
Easter Empowers Us!
The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 6, 2018 Acts 11:19-26 Easter Empowers Us! Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of…
Easter Empowers the Means of Grace!
The Fifth Sunday of Easter April 29, 2018 Acts 4:26-40 Easter Empowers the Means of Grace Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his way home…
Easter Unites Us!
The Fourth Sunday of Easter April 22, 2018 Acts 4:23-33 Easter Unites Us! On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of…
Easter is Our Confidence!
The Third Sunday of Easter April 15, 2018 Acts 4:8-13 Easter is Our Confidence! 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 are asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom…
Easter is Our Inheritance!
The Second Sunday of Easter April 8, 2018 Acts 3:11-25 Easter is Our Inheritance! While the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s colonnade. When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham,…