The Word Today – 05.28.23
Sunday of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 Pentecost is the New Testament Greek word for the Jewish Festival of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15-22), which happened 7 weeks after the Passover and was the equivalent of our "Harvest Fests" to the first-century Israelites. Sowing of barley took place in the Fall, …
Sermon 05.21.23 – Predestined
The Word Today – 05.21.23
7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1:6-14; Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; John 17:1-11 “Father, the hour has come.” Jesus opening line in his final prayer to the disciples before his arrest is loaded with many things. Certainly, with a personal sense of dread in anticipation of what is to come. Jesus prays for …
Sermon 05.14.23 – Where Love Dwells
The Word Today – 05.14.23
6th Sunday of Easter Acts 17:22-34a; Psalm 66:8-20; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-24 I am not sure if there is any other place in the gospels where the word love is as repeated as in the 14th chapter of John, verses 15 to 24. Here Jesus' farewell discourse continues from last Sunday when he tells …
Bridging Faith 