Sunday, April 3 we considered the text in John 20:19-31 and we focused on the thought “Jesus Made Real”. This is the account of the first and second appearance of Jesus, after his death, with the disciples. This is also where the term “Doubting Thomas” comes from. ...
Sunday, March 20 was Palm/Passion Sunday of the Christian year. It is the Sunday that begins Holy Week and sends us toward Easter Sunday. The Palm part is easy to understand as it marks the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem at the beginning of the Passover...
Sunday, March 13 we spent time with Paul’s letter to the believers of Philippi. The church of Philippi was dealing with a group of folks who were insisting that all followers of Christ had to first become Jewish before they could become a follower of Christ. This...
Well it has been a few weeks since I have been able to grab some time in my day to think through and put together a sermon recap. As I think about that for today I would rather share with you an exchange I had with a friend yesterday. I had the chance yesterday to...
On Sunday, January 31 we considered the continued thoughts of Paul to the church in Corinth found in I Corinthians 13. Often referred to as the “love chapter” we misunderstand Paul’s intentions for this letter to the church in Corinth. We have this concept that love...
One of the best known Biblical texts is found in I Corinthians 12:12-31, where Paul equates the church to the human body. Paul points out that just like the human body the body of Christ, the church, is made up of many parts and that all parts are needed and vital to...
