“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 […]

“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 […]