Seeing Salvation
First Sunday after Christmas: Gospel, Luke 2:22-40 Luke 2:22-40 I love Simeon. I haven’t checked, but I think I may have begun a meditation with that very line at this time last year. That’s alright. I loved him then and...
All About Forgiving
First Sunday after Christmas: Epistle, Colossians 3:12-17 Colossians 3:12-17 What is Advent about? And Christmas? Well the first-grade Sunday School answer certainly applies. In other words, “Jesus” is the correct answer. But can we go...
First In LIne
First Sunday After Christmas: Old Testament, Exodus 13:1-3a, 11-15 Exodus 13:1-3a, 11-15 God sets apart the first-born in the lines of Israel. And it begins as a result of His rescuing their first-born sons as the tenth in a line of plagues...
Pregnant Words for a Maiden With Child
Advent 4: Gospel, Luke 1:39-45 Luke 1:39-45 I advocate that we need to know as much about the mother...
Saved By Works
Advent 4: Epistle, Hebrews 10:5-10 Hebrews 10:5-10 We find ourselves coming to the close of the Advent season. Rightly...
What the World Needs Now is...
Advent 4: Old Testament, Micah 5:2-5a Micah 5:2-5a Promises of a coming Savior. Nothing is more precious to the Christian. Why? Because in the coming (and now...
The Right Man for the Job
Advent 3: Gospel, Luke 7:18-28 Luke 7:18-28 I love John the Baptist. I always have. I often quip in my classes that he should have been called...
Peace and Presence
Advent 3: Epistle, Philippians 4:4-7 Philippians 4:4-7 “Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say, Rejoice” (Phil. 4:4). So...
Cleaning House
Advent 3: Old Testament, Zephaniah 3:14-21 Zephaniah 3:14-21 The apostle Paul tells us in the New Testament that “Bad company ruins good morals” (1 Corinthians 15:33). He writes that to...
Change Your Mind
Advent 2, Gospel: Luke 3:1-14 Luke 3:1-14 Most people won’t get to heaven. The Bible is clear...
