“The World’s Greatest Prophet” – Luke 3:1-20 Advent 2 – December 10, 2017     Introduction to Service: Who is the greatest….? (discuss as 6 or 8 people around you) actor, hockey player, painter, composer, baseball player, Canadian Prime Minister, American President, British Monarch, singer, scientist, inventor…prophet.   Introduction: Prophets When you think of Old […]

“Great is Thy Faithfulness” – Book of Malachi 1st Sunday in Advent – December 3, 2017   Introduction to Malachi Sometimes there are things or people or events that serve as a link or a bridge from one era to another. 500 years ago, when Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door […]

“Spare Me” – Exodus 6-11 Last Sunday of the Church Year – November 26, 2017     Introduction When I was growing up, we had a pretty homogeneous community in Regina. Homogeneous means similar, uniform, consistent. Most of the people in our neighbourhood were Caucasians of European descent. I don’t remember many school classmates that […]

“A Plague of Doubt” – Exodus 6-11 Pentecost 24 – November 19, 2017     Introduction About twenty years ago, I remember having three weddings on the same July Saturday. This coming Saturday, I have two memorial services. But that’s nothing compared to Martin Rinckart.   Martin Rinckart was a Lutheran pastor who came to Eilenburg, Saxony at […]

“Encounter with God” – Exodus 3 & 4 Pentecost 23 – November 12, 2017   Introduction: Back to E100 For the last 5 or 6 months, we have been working through some of the Old Testament stories that are essential for understanding God’s overall message of the Bible. We took a break during October and […]