Sermons from July 2023

“God’s Special Love”

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…

“Searching for an Idol?”

Isaiah 44:6-8 {Prayer} In “The Wounded Healer”, Henri Nouwen, a Dutch Catholic priest, retells a tale from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned. “I have mastered a science,” said the first, “by which I…

“Armor of God”

Ephesians 6:10-20 {Prayer} In his book, Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes, “There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons, but the instructor wanted $5 a lesson.…

“Discipleship for Losers”

Matthew 10:34-42 {Prayer} Charlie Brown from the Peanuts cartoon can never catch a break. He is the stereotypical American loser. Whenever he tries to kick the football that Lucy is holding, just as he is about to kick it, she pulls it away at the last second. Charlie Brown misses it and goes…

“Two Voices”

2 Kings 18:1-8, 28-36 {Prayer} Different cartoons, TV shows, movies, and even commercials have used the figurative little angel sitting on or standing on or hovering above one’s shoulder while a little devil is doing the same thing on the other shoulder. Usually when we see this imagery used it is when an…