Romans 8:26-39, Matthew 13:31-52 In today’s Epistle lesson Paul writes to the Romans, you, and me – about the “LOVE of GOD”. It reads: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day…
Colossians 1:13-19 You enter a sports stadium and all you see around you are banners and pictures of the team and its heroes. If you went to Busch Stadium especially during the last two months of the season, you saw people wearing jerseys and buying food with team emblems on them. Everything screams of the…
Luke 12:13-21 Seven years and four months ago my oldest sister Marion told us that she had leukemia and was getting ready to begin treatments. She had put off taking care of herself as long as she possibly could as she had been caring of her husband Jim at home with progressive dementia for the…
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10:36-37 We ask, “Just who is my neighbor?” Jesus answers, “Be a neighbor.” Today’s…
Acts 2:1-21; John 14:23-31 During the last ten days of the Church year, we’ve been living in liturgical limbo, existing between two realities. We’ve celebrated our Lord’s ascension into heaven. But since the Ascension, we’ve been waiting. We’ve been waiting for this day. Like the Apostles of old, we’ve been listening to our Lord’s instructions…
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 In the Winter of 1966, a voters registration card arrived in the mail at the home of Vernon Dahmer (Day-mer). On the surface, something like this is no big deal, it happens every day. But this was different, for several reasons. It was different because Vernon Dahmer was an African American in Mississippi,…
Romans 6:1-10https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%206%3A1-10&version=NIV
Daniel 7:9-14 In the name of our Savior and King, dear friends, In God’s Word for today, we have part of a vision that God gave Daniel, and one of the things he sees is the Lord himself on the throne of heaven. He is the King of kings and the Lord of the universe!…
John 6:35-51; Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Grace and Peace to you from our Lord and Savior, Jesus who is the Christ. Amen There are verses from our gospel lesson in John and our epistle lesson from Ephesians that I would like to pay close attention to this morning. From Ephesians chapter 5: 1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly…
Ephesians 1:3-14, Colossians 3:14 There are many times in life in which your standing in life, affects what you feel or say. For example, {A} if someone who is better than you, at – let’s say bowling, really beats you and then tells you that “you are actually really good”, (even though you had several gutter…