I Need A Favor
Advent 3: Old Testament: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Three weeks in a row walking in the green pastures of the prophet Isaiah is almost too good to be true. Here we are once again...
The Old Testament is About Jesus
Advent 2: Gospel, Mark 1:1-8 Mark 1:1-8 Mark’s gospel is readily accepted as the testimony of the impetuous Apostle Peter. It’s stories...
Oh It's Coming Alright
Advent 2: Epistle, 2 Peter 3:8-14 2 Peter 3:8-14 It is part of fallen human nature to doubt everything regarding the true and living...
A Chapter of Treasures
Advent 2: Old Testament, Isaiah 40:1-11 Isaiah 40:1-11 Just yesterday a co-worker called from her office, “Can anyone read Isaiah 9 and not hear Handel’s Messiah?" I replied that I found myself...
Banking on the Back of a Beast
Advent 1: Gospel, Mark 11:1-10 Mark 11:1-10 Advent always begins with consideration of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of His...
Stepping Off Right
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Advent 1: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Happy New Year! And this from the calendar that really counts. We need to get to know the church...
The Curtain Rises
Advent 1: Old Testament, Isaiah 64:1-9 Isaiah 64:1-9 When Advent dawns near the end of our calendar year I am always encouraged. Yes I love the season itself, and that to which it draws our...
Lord, Are you Sure?
Proper 29: Gospel, Matthew 25:31-46 Matthew 25:31-46 The Savior is returning. Done. It’s a given. “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him...
Beyond Belief
Proper 29: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 The blessed apostle has filled his first letter to the young Christians at Corinth with one correction of their failings after another. And those...
They're Mine
Proper 29: Old Testament, Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 If you are a preacher of God’s Word, or someone who stands before others with an open Bible ready to teach, you should regularly read Ezekiel chapter 34. It is an...
