GOSPEL: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Jesus demonstrates God’s mercy and power, accepting the unacceptable and curing the incurable. Even the dead receive new life. 9As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10And as...
Gospel: John 20:19-23 The risen Jesus appears to his disciples, offering them a benediction, a commission, and the gift of the Holy Spirit. 19When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus...
GOSPEL Though the disciples struggle with Jesus’ nature and identity, they receive the promise that they too will be identified with God and God’s mission. Though he must leave them now, Jesus promises the coming of the Advocate whom God will send to comfort and enlighten them. 8Philip said to [Jesus,] “Lord, show us the Father, and...
Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 [Jesus said,] 26“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. 27You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning. 16:4b“I did not say these things to...
THE FIRST DAY OF PENTECOST MAY 31, 2020 JOHN 7: 37-39 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”...
DAY OF PENTECOST JUNE 9, 2019 ROMANS 8: 14-17 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit...
This is my third opportunity to preach, and to be completely honest with you – I haven’t been terribly thrilled about any of the gospel passages I’ve gotten to work with yet! First, I was given the beheading of John the Baptist. O joy. Then, there was John’s Bread of Life discourse… which is fantastic,...
MARK 9: 38-50 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for...
The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost MARK 9: 30-37 They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and...
The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost MARK 8: 27-38 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked....
