Gospel

Yet Another Question

This month I’m answering questions. Last Sunday, as promised, I answered questions about worship–one question, to be precise. Time now to answer another question I

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Only a Test

June 29, 2014 [sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.trinityescondido.org/wp-content/uploads/140629_sermon.mp3″] Sermon Our scripture ( Genesis  22:1-14) today begins with a test, and you know that can’t be good.  We’re big

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Lent 5: Hope

New Life: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Some history: in 598 BC, the Babylonian army sacked Jerusalem and took the king and about 8,000 Israelites into exile, leaving

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Lent 4: Sight

John 9:1-41 This long story is notable for how Jesus disappears from sight—probably the longest passage in the Gospels where Jesus is not present! It

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Lent 2: Calling

John 3:1-17 The Gospel of John tells different stories, and presents a different picture of Jesus, than the other Gospels. Scholars often say that John

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Lent 1: Temptation

Lent 1: Temptation (Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7) So much theology depends on interpretations of this story, that our first task must be to read what is

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I am Brilliant!

Does that sound arrogant?  But in the Gospel today, Jesus tells us that we are the light of the world, so it can’t be arrogant

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