Gospel Asked about current tragic events, Jesus turns a lesson about whether suffering is deserved into a hard call to obedience. He then tells a parable that holds out hope that the timeline for ultimate judgment will be tempered by patience. 1At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans...
GOSPEL: Luke 13:31-35 Neither Herod’s plotting nor Jerusalem’s resistance to maternal love will deter Jesus from his sacrificial mission. 31At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to [Jesus,] “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and...
Gospel After being filled with the Holy Spirit at his baptism, Jesus is led in the wilderness. Through his responses to the temptations of the devil, he defines what it means to be called “the Son of God.” 1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in...
Gospel [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2“So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that...
We welcome back John and Diane Curry for the Fifth Sunday in Lent with music by Ed Kapsha Promises, Promises Grace to you and peace from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The word covenant is a word that appears with some frequency in the Bible. We read it and hear it often...
Today we welcome back our seminarian, Steve Slepecki with music by Ed Kapsha. Photo by Prasad Panchakshari on UnSplash Serpents and Wilderness “We’re now nearly two months’ removed from Pastor Scott’s resignation. As challenging as it might be, it’s time, if we haven’t already, to start making a concerted effort to move on… and...
We welcome John and Diane Curry with music by Ed Kapsha Photo by John Towner on Unsplash SERMON On the Road Again Grace to you and peace from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. God makes promises to us. The Holy Scriptures are full of such promises, as we have heard this morning. Because...
Today we welcome Steve Slepecki to the pulpit with music by Ed Kapsha. Photo by Ahna Ziegler on Unsplash In the course of my very young ministry career thus far, I’ve already had to preach some pretty unusual sermons. My very first sermon ever, was preached while wearing street clothes, before I had even decided...
SUNDAY OF THE PASSION APRIL 5, 2020 PHILIPPIANS 2: 5-11 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human...
THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT JOHN 11: 1-45 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters...
