Text: Matthew 25:3-4: “When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.” Within the past few years…
Text: Matthew 5:11–12: “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for…
Text: Matthew 22:39b: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” “Jesus our brother, kind and good...” Remember that song? Some of us, at least, grew up with it; it’s a…
Some of you might know that the word Gospel comes from an old English phrase, “God-spell,” or Good News. Today’s parable seems to deliver anything but good news. Jesus declares,…
Text: Philippians 2:6-7a: “[Jesus,] though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself....” Probably by now you have…
The lessons for this day can be found at this link. (Note: There is no audio available for this sermon.) Text: Romans 12:14: “Bless those who persecute you; bless and…
Text: Romans 14:4: “Who are you to pass judgment on servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall.” I know that Saint John’s has a…
Text: Matthew 18:20: “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” One of the sadder stories of this sad summer has centered on…
Text: Genesis 45:5: “...do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here....” Joseph’s brothers have a lot to answer for. They didn’t like the favor he…
Text: Ps. 85:9: “Truly his salvation is very near to those who fear him...” I have been away from this place for awhile, a longer while than I’ve ever been away…