Christ the King Sunday: Old Testament, Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Here we are. The final Sunday in the church year. My favorite tag for this Sunday is “Christ the King Sunday.” It always points forward for me into...
Proper 28: Gospel, Matthew 25:14-30 Matthew 25:14-30 Coming as we are to the close of the church year the focus has been on the last things. The ultimate things. And it’s clear that the...
Proper 28: Epistle, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 I have written just recently that the promised (sure) return of our Lord Jesus Christ for His saints should color our lives. And...
Proper 28: Old Testament, Zephaniah 1:7-16 Zephaniah 1:7-16 We all like a “sure thing.” Something that we can count on. A friend perhaps, who we know will come through whenever a call goes out...
Proper 27: Gospel, Matthew 25:1-13 Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus is in the midst of calling our attention to last things in the final great discourse in Matthew...
Proper 27: Epistle, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Paul loved the church at Thessalonica. Now, he loved all the believers wherever he labored. But you can pick up on a special affinity for...
Proper 27: Old Testament, Amos 5:18-24 Amos 5:18-24 “The day of the LORD.” In Scripture it doesn’t take long to see that the particular...
All Saints (Observed): Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12 Matthew 5:1-12 What Christian has not been drawn and frankly challenged by Jesus' imitable “Sermon on the Mount”? Matthew chapters 5-7 encapsulate so much...
All Saints (Observed): Epistle, 1 John 3:1-3 1 John 3:1-3 This epistle is my “creeper". I refer to it that way because the first epistle of the beloved disciple was a...
All Saints (Observed): First Reading, Revelation 2:9-17 Revelation 2:9-17 Near the beginning of the final book of the Bible we find seven letters. Letters to churches that existed in the ancient world. Separated we are from them by centuries of...
