“Justified!” – Romans 3:19-28 Reformation Sunday – October 29, 2017     Justifying one’s self: You, and me Have you ever received a traffic ticket – maybe a parking violation like parking in a handicapped spot or overstaying your parking meter, or maybe a speeding ticket, or perhaps you were cited for failing to stop […]

“Callings” – Matthew 5:13-16 Pentecost 20 – October 22, 2017     Calling… phone numbers Being a former math teacher and a numbers guy, I have always had an interest in telephone numbers. NO, I did not read the telephone book for fun. But I did find it easy to remember phone numbers. Growing up […]

“Dual Citizenship”- Matthew 22:15-22 Pentecost 19 – October 15, 2017     Taxes and tax-collectors People in Jesus’ day didn’t like to pay taxes any more than we do, maybe even less so, because their taxes were given in support of their hated Roman conquerors. That’s why people like Zacchaeus were scorned. He was looked […]

“Baptized!” – John 3:1-6 Pentecost 18 – October 8, 2017   A miracle for Naaman Naaman, the Syrian commander, was a highly respected military leader and had the respect of his king. But he had something else too—the dreaded and incurable skin disease of leprosy. To protect others from the highly contagious disease, Naaman would […]

“The Word Did Everything”- John 1:1-5,14 Pentecost 17 – October 1, 2017     Introduction: Ineffective words “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times.”   Have you ever used that phrase? Sure you have. Anyone that has kids has probably used that phrase… well, a thousand times. Has anyone ever said […]