Acts 2:42 The Fellowship of the Believers 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Dear Friends in Christ, Even though I took some time off a little over a month ago, after hearing my sermon title for today, you may very well be thinking that perhaps…
John 11:35 35 Jesus wept. Dear Friends in Christ, May I ask you a personal question? What makes you cry? What causes you shed tears? No doubt the loss of a loved one. Perhaps the loss of a pet. Maybe a sad scene in a movie. How about pain, bad news, good news, pride in your…
Romans 8:34 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Dear Friends in Christ, Have you ever met or known anyone in high places? You know the kind of person I’m talking about,…
Isaiah 12:1 Songs of Praise 12 In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. {Prayer} Back in 1984, Bruce Springsteen produced an album entitled “Born in the USA.” This album included hits songs like “Born in the USA,” “I’m on…
Isaiah 66:12-14 12 For this is what the Lord says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. 13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.” 14 When you…
Revelation 2:12-17 New International Version (NIV) To the Church in Pergamum 12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in…
John 20:19-31 Jesus Appears to His Disciples 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they…
John 20:1-18 The Empty Tomb 20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out…
A GOOD FRIDAY TENEBRAE SERVICE APRIL 19, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Good evening, and welcome to what I hope and pray will be a very special time of worship for you as we gather in God’s house on this Good Friday evening to recall one of the saddest and yet most significant events that ever took place. …
Philippians 2:5-11 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance…