Audio: sermon-9-8-19.mp3 I must confess to you that on this Sunday when we want to promote and encourage the ‘mission and outreach work’ that we are all called to do as disciples of our Lord, my first reaction when I saw that the Gospel text appointed for today was this one was, ‘oh boy.  Not exactly […]

• September 8, 2019
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Audio: sermon-9-1-19.mp3 It has been a while since we have used the national holiday of “Labor Day” as the occasion to preach on the doctrine of ‘vocation.’ But that is what we intend to do and so the text for our consideration today is from Colossians 3:23-24. Would you take out your bible and turn to […]

• September 1, 2019
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Audio: sermon-7-14-19.mp3 “When the days drew near for Him to be taken up, He set His face to go to Jerusalem.”  Luke’s ‘travelogue’ of the journey of Jesus continues. Last Sunday, we heard that Jesus sent 72 disciples, “like lambs among wolves,’ to prepare the way before Him by announcing His message of ‘peace.’  “When you […]

• July 14, 2019
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Audio: sermon-7-7-19.mp3 I want to begin by establishing the ‘lay of the land’ as we set out on this journey through the season of Pentecost.  Since the Church Year began on the 1st Sunday of Advent, St. Luke’s gospel has been our guide as we follow Jesus.  Next year it’ll be St. Matthew’s gospel and after […]

• July 7, 2019
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Audio: sermon-6-23-19.mp3 I don’t know about you, but sometimes I think that “the world has gone crazy.”  And I know that every generation since Noah has said the same thing – ‘how much worse can it get?’ And I know that every ‘next generation’ seems to take that as a challenge.  And yesterday’s insanity becomes today’s […]

• June 23, 2019
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Audio: sermon-6-9-19.mp3 The Festival of Pentecost was originally one of the two ‘harvest festivals’ established by Moses to serve as a benchmark for the people of God to give thanks for His provision and care for their physical bodies with food. The “Festival of the First Fruits” marked the beginning of the harvest.  On the day […]

• June 9, 2019
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Audio: sermon-5-19-19.mp3 The text we want to carefully consider today is our Gospel reading from St. John’s 16th chapter. The setting is the Upper Room in Jerusalem where the Lord is gathered with His apostles for the annual Passover Meal.  This is now the third time they have celebrated the Passover together since He called them […]

• May 19, 2019
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Audio: sermon-5-5-19.mp3 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVZlPlu09WQ John’s gospel is a bit like some of those movies based on actual history where, after the movie is over and the credits are rolling, the story continues. Actual photos of the people and the places that were portrayed in the movie come onto the screen and some biographical information about what […]

• May 5, 2019
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Audio: sermon-4-28-19.mp3 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88q5trAmOV4 The sanctuary that was full on Easter Sunday is not as full today.  I wonder why?  I know families who never go to church but who had family over last Sunday for Easter dinner.  I wonder why? Then again, there were lots of people in church on Easter Sunday in Sri […]

• April 28, 2019
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Audio: sermon-4-21-19.mp3 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHkpX3ddQo The text for our consideration on the Easter Sunday is from the prophet Isaiah, the 53rd chapter, verses 4-5, which reads, “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted.  But He was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed […]

• April 21, 2019
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