The Real Deal
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: Gospel, Luke 6:27-38 Luke 6:27-38 This morning as I read again from Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain, I was brought face-to-face with the truth that in this message, as is true of the “Mount...
The Struggle Is Real
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 15:30-42 1 Corinthians 15:30-42 Just one small verse from the reading today. Set down in the middle of our text is a quote which Paul lifts from Isaiah 22, “Let us eat and drink...
Who's Purpose Drives?
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: Old Testament, Genesis 45:3-15 Genesis 45:3-15 For perhaps the last quarter century or so, there has grown in the larger American church, the idea that God “has great things in store for...
Weal and Woe
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Gospel, Luke 6:17-26 Luke 6:17-26 Those familiar with the “offices” which the Savior holds are used to hearing Jesus described as “Prophet, Priest, and King.” Glorious all, He...
Get the Point?
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 My first seminary class began when Dr. Moore lifted before us a mock-up of the Jerusalem Post with the headline: “Physical Remains Of Jesus Of Nazareth...
Stark
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Old Testament, Jeremiah 17:5-8 Jeremiah 17:5-8 The set-up? God has announced the impending judgment coming upon Judah for the sin “engraved on the tablet of their heart” (17:1). Yes, I know...
Sharing Space with Jesus
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Gospel, Luke 5:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 I think most Bible-believing people have wondered what it would have been like to stand in close proximity to one of our Lord’s miracles. I...
Understanding for Others
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 14:12b-20 1 Corinthians 14:12b-20 Short and sweet today. Gifts of the Spirit or perhaps better, “Spirituals” in chapters 12 and 14 with the greatest spirituals (things of the...
A Gifted Glimpse
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Old Testament, Isaiah 6:1-8 Isaiah 6:1-8 I hesitate to write on this passage with any of my comments. The ink spilled on Isaiah’s heavenly vision would fill volumes. I’m quite...
Listen Up!
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: Gospel, Luke 4:31-44 Luke 4:31-44 Jesus continues in the regions of his “familiarity” in this week’s gospel. Last week his childhood hometown of Nazareth. This week, his adult “center of...
