11162022 – Luke 21. 5-19 There was a time when “the TEMPLE” was everything. It was “THE” spiritual center for Jews. It was the “ONLY PLACE” of sacrificial worship for a people that lived throughout the then, known world. It was “A PRIESTLY INSTITUTION.” Holy-Sacred-Set apart. It had a “CENTRAL PLACE” in the Torah, in […]
11092022 – Luke 19. 1-10 I don’t usually get the opportunity to speak about this. The Greeks had two forms of time…one was called CHRONOS or “chronological time.” One minute follows the NEXT, minutes turn into hours, each hour is followed by another, hours turn into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, months into […]
11052022 – Luke 6. 20-31 Do you SPIT? I know, it’s a VERY STRANGE WAY to start out “an All Saints Weekend sermon.” (But I have an inquiring mind.) Hopefully, prayerfully, you would never spit on or at another human being… I mean like NEVER… Hello! Every once in a while, you hear a report […]
11022022 – John 8. 31-36 For better or worse, we are still talking “Reformation Day” – but I do want you to know that a part of the church has moved on. November 1st is always, ALL SAINTS DAY! November 2nd is always ALL SOUL’S DAY! Meanwhile, we are still stuck on the reformation, I […]
10302022 – Reformation Eve I am not saying the church, right or wrong. Because I would never say that…But rather, I am saying that the church is right for me… It was invaluable for Ruth and Wally, Emil, and Marie…and, the mainstay of Carl and Maime and their nine children. I have always loved […]
10292022 – John 8. 31-36 There is a CONTEXT and a BACKGROUND to our Gospel reading. (Of course, there is!) It is THE CELEBRATION of “Tabernacles.” Also known as being, the “Festival of Booths.” Were you to be present in Israel it might be referred to as being “Sukkot” or “Sukkoth.” Sukkoth is one of […]
10192022 – Luke 18.1-10 Have you ever felt like “an underdog?” I know that I have…maybe even, many times in my life. An underdog is a person or a group in a competition, usually in sports and creative works, who is expected “to lose.” The party, team, or individual expected to win is called the […]
10162022 – Luke 18. 1-10 Let’s talk about “the widows’ faith.” “Pray ALWAYS and DO NOT LOSE HEART,” Jesus said. The widow of this parable was exemplary of that kind of faith. BELIEVE. TRUST. HAVE FAITH. VISUALIZE IT. SEE that IT IS going to happen. KNOW that it WILL HAPPEN. EXPECT IT. That is “the […]
10152022 – Luke 18. 1-10 This is just “basic background” information. Acting upon the advice of Jethro, (Moses’ Father-in-law,) Moses selected “able MEN” out of ALL Israel and made them “HEADS” over the people, RULERS of thousands, RULERS of hundreds, RULERS of fifties, and RULERS of tens; and they “judged” the people at all seasons, […]
10082022 – Luke 17. 11- 19 William Barclay was a Scottish author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister, and, Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, at the University of Glasgow, he died in the year, 1978. About the subject of “Biblical Leprosy” he wrote: “It might begin with little nodules which go […]