by Secretary | Mar 12, 2018 | Sermons
Our passage from John’s gospel this morning contains in it one of the most famous lines in all of scripture. In John 3:16 we read “for God so loved the world that he sent his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal...
by Secretary | Mar 5, 2018 | Sermons
The third Sunday of Lent has us journeying to John’s gospel. Here we have a slightly disembodied encounter. We witness Jesus clear the temples courts. An event that surely belongs in the season of Lent, though the positioning in John’s gospel is curious...
by Secretary | Feb 26, 2018 | Sermons
The second Sunday of Lent features Jesus speaking openly to the disciples and others who have gathered. He teaches a powerful truth about his future and what it means to follow him. It is a message the Peter has trouble with and for which Peter receives a stern public...
by Secretary | Feb 21, 2018 | Devotionals
Below is a wonderful poem by Linda Pastan titled Imaginary Conversation. I used it as a sermon illustration a few weeks ago and felt that it deserved to have its own place. Imaginary Conversation You tell me to live each day as if it were my last. This is in the...
by Secretary | Feb 20, 2018 | Sermons
Lent begins in the wilderness. John the Baptist’s ministry is in the wilderness. Jesus begins his ministry by being sent by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness. A dangerous, forlorn place. Yet, this is where Lent begins. This is where the journey we follow Jesus...
