Category Archives: Sermons

As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Today is Palm Sunday – the Sunday before Easter. It’s a big deal in a lot of places. In some countries, everybody takes off the whole week before Easter for all kinds of special services. They have … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! We keep getting closer and closer to Easter. It’s just a couple of weeks away now. I’ve pointed out several times in the last few weeks that even Jesus’ closest friends didn’t really understand who Jesus was … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! We’re getting kind of close to Easter, and we haven’t really spent much time talking about it yet. Some years we have a long build-up to Easter, with a whole series of Sundays where we prepare for the … Continue reading →

Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them … Continue reading →

Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” Jesus did … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Every year I try to bring a message from the first letter of John in the New Testament. That’s because I think that first John tells us, better than anyone else, what a church is supposed to … Continue reading →

When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them. As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet … Continue reading →

Good morning. I am freshly Kojacked for you this morning. Some of you don’t get that reference, you’re too young, and some of you do get it, so you’re…well-seasoned. Interesting story about Kojak. Kojak, Telly Savalas, was born in 1922 … Continue reading →