Sermons from May 2025

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,…