Loving the Dead
Fourth Sunday in Advent: Epistle, Ephesians 2:1-10 Ephesians 2:1-10 “The Walking Dead,” “Night of the Living Dead,” and “Dead Poet Society.” All have that ugly and unpleasant “D&rdquo...
Not Quite
Fourth Sunday in Advent: Old Testament, Numbers 21:4-9 Numbers 21:4-9 The children of God wandering through the wilderness are well on their way to the land promised to their fathers by the Lord himself...
Visiting the Temple
Third Sunday in Lent: Gospel, John 2:13-22 John 2:13-22 Jesus loved the temple. Like any faithful Israelite, He would have seen the temple as the dwelling place of His God. And God commanded the structure to be...
Fools and Weaklings
Third Sunday in Advent: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Unity is a major sticking point in Corinth, that city that housed a budding Christian community that gave Paul a full plate. Paul is building, or should I say God...
Family Commands
Third Sunday in Lent: Old Testament, Exodus 20:1-17 Exodus 20:1-17 Some things never change. What goes up must come down. Day and night cycles remain intact. And the Ten Commandments given by...
We
Second Sunday in Lent: Epistle, Romans 5:1-11 Romans 5:1-11 If I tried to list all the stuff (and I use stuff reverently) that WE have received and have because of Jesus just in this passage, it would create a...
100 With Confidence
Second Sunday in Lent: Old Testament, Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 For some reason, whenever I read of Abram/Abraham I think, “This is it. This is the man who ‘got...
Jesus and the Beasts
First Sunday in Lent: Gospel, Mark 1:9-15 Mark 1:9-15 Reading our gospel text for the week my eyes were hooked by a comment Mark gives concerning Jesus in His temptation...
Gifts
First Sunday in Lent: Epistle, James 1:12-18 James 1:12-18 James is one of those epistles that we don’t see referenced as regularly as say, Romans or Ephesians. Now it’s always there in our Bibles and we all...
Father to Father
First Sunday in Lent: Old Testament, Genesis 22:1-18 Genesis 22:1-18 Introductions have long passed. Promises have been made. And the early steps of faith are maturing into “man” steps, distinguishing them...
