Sermons on Ash Wednesday

“Mercy in Ashes”

Joel 2:12-13             {Prayer}             In our more contemporary society, we don’t really encounter ashes. We live in a culture which sanitizes pretty much everything. Anything unsightly, like ashes, have been removed from view. At one time, vehicles use to come with ash trays and cigarette lighters, but now there is a USB port and…

What Will You Leave at the Cross?

Galatians 6:14 14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Dear Friends in Christ, I love how our choir started off our service this evening and really the entire Lenten season with that beautiful song entitled “I Come…

A Place at the Table for You

John 13:1-30 Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet 1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the…

Receive Justification

Luke 18:9-14 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed:…