Category Archives: Sermons

Among the four canonical gospels, John doesn’t mention Jesus’ baptism. Mark’s Gospel actually begins with a very brief description of the event. Matthew summarizes the event in four verses. Jesus comes to John who demurs then consents. Once Jesus is … Continue reading →

Today’s passage is the climax of Paul’s letter to the Romans. In the 8th verse he describe the mission of Christ. He indicates that Christ “has become a servant of the circumcised.” By the ‘circumcised’ he meant the Jews. And … Continue reading →

Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.“ Talking about flying in the face of a usury based culture… “Owe no one anything.” How would you interpret … Continue reading →

Called to be Saints Paul’s letter to the Romans begins this way: 1:1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy … Continue reading →

The Book of Isaiah begins with Isaiah receiving a vision of the future of the kingdom of Judah. The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and … Continue reading →

Judaism is strictly monotheistic. God is an absolute one, indivisible, and incomparable being who is the ultimate cause of all existence. It follows that so called “foreign gods,” according to the Babylonian Talmud, simply don’t exist. The story of Jonah … Continue reading →

For our Jewish neighbors Yom Kippur, their Day of Atonement, fell this year on October 11th and 12. Five days after Yom Kippur, they entered a week long festival call Sukkot. Sukkot is a Hebrew word meaning “booths” or “huts.” … Continue reading →

In the Sixty ninth Psalm David describes himself as a poor, despised and lowly individual who lacks even a single friend to comfort him. More numerous than the hairs on my head are those who hate me without reason… Must … Continue reading →

How the Book of Exodus begins seems strangely contemporary. An ethnic group which had migrated to Egypt became so numerous that some Egyptians worried that should war break out with one of their neighbors these aliens would become a fifth … Continue reading →

Lessons from Passover When it comes to the time of Passover we Christians naturally focus on the events of Holy Week and as a result miss much of the important lessons that are embedded in the story of Passover itself. … Continue reading →