December 2: Jeremiah 33:14-16, Luke 21:23-36 Text Message Background: Today’s readings are all about promises that God has made. The prophet Jeremiah, usually preaching destruction, now prophesies restoration.
Mark 10:46-52 Reading the Gospel of Mark these last few weeks, you get the impression that Jesus’ disciples are rather dense, like wood. How can
Mark 10:17-31 In God we trust. Seems ironic that my sermon ended up here, with the Gospel that is printed on our money as
You’ve probably heard of the discovery of evidence that Jesus might have been married. There’s a great article from the New Yorker imagining what marriage
Mark 9:38-50 My first difficulty in posting something about this text is finding an appropriate illustration. I know those pictures of severed hands and feet
Mark 8:27-38 Christian fun–is that a contradiction in terms? This Gospel story does seem to carry that implication, what with Jesus calling on his followers
James 2: 1-17Mark 7:24-37 You know what it’s like to really need a vacation? That sense of exhaustion/burn out, the impatience, even depression—think of all
There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, “Father give me my share of the estate.” So he
Some things are true, even if you are asleep. In this bit of preaching wisdom (that is, the Gospel doesn’t become more true just because
The revolution will not be televised. But there are three books, a movie and more to come. The revolution in question is that found
