“Paul wrote, ‘Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God…'” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
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As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up…
“Jesus said, ‘As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.’ At the beginning of our Gospel reading today, Jesus utters these words; strange to Nicodemus then, and to us even now. These words point us to a very crucial point in which all believers must invest themselves. …” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Following Jesus’ path to his Cross
“As we come toward our observance of Lent, I am increasingly aware of the efforts by some who want to shed the introspective facet of the Christian life – the focus on the life of Jesus. Almost like the people of today are too busy; have too much on their minds to gain anything by following Jesus’ path to his Cross. And oddly enough, I can at least understand that reaction. God in Christ Jesus does take a bit of getting used to. The disciples certainly felt this way….” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food.
“Paul in the letter to the Corinthians wrote, ‘I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food.’ Thanks, Paul – thanks, a lot. That is the first response of the Corinthians, at least I would imagine it so. Imagine what the Corinthians are feeling when they hear this from Paul…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Stir Up Your Might And Come To Save Us.
“The fourth Sunday of Advent is the perfect setting for our Psalm this morning. The Psalm is a prayer for a congregation that cries out for a new beginning. And is that not where we are today; crying out for a new beginning?” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
“For those of us who have seen God at work in our lives, our Psalm is a bit of a lament. As we know, it was God’s intent that His chosen people would live under His mighty hand alone. The people of Israel, whom God had set apart from all other nations would not be like them in having a king. They would be ruled by God…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Let Us Go To The House Of The Lord
“‘I was glad when they said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord.’ From a Christian perspective, believers may well have some ambivalence about Advent because it means God is coming to earth. Some of us have problems with God coming – not all believe that will be a time of rejoicing. They feel unprepared as they hear those heavy words of our prayers, ‘things done and left undone’. But it doesn’t have to be this way.” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
God Chose You From The Beginning To Be Saved
“The letters to the Thessalonians are absolutely chock-full of comfortable words to believers. One of the themes of these two letters to the church in Thessolonika is the end times and how should Christians behave knowing that Jesus will return just as He promised…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Christian Life and Christian Death
“Paul is in prison and has been abandoned by his friends and co-workers. He is facing his own mortality, even as he continues in his teaching to young Timothy. The events that have led Paul to this place in his life have been of his own choosing. It was not a case of poor Paul being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This portion of the letter shows a man at the end of his life finding meaning in a life lived for Christ Jesus. Hear his words again, “I am already on the point of being sacrificed. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race. I have kept the faith….” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
All Scripture Is Inspired By God
“As the Gospel opens up today, we see Jesus instructing the disciples in the art of persistence seamlessly joined to the subject of prayer. Kind of odd that the disciples would need a lesson in persistence and prayer at this stage of things. Now we may assume that only contemporary, and non-religious people would have problems with these things, but Jesus knew better…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!