Sermon for Sunday March 24th, 2019, the Third Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 Text: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Topic: The command to withstand and overcome temptation INTRODUCTION Our Second Lesson/Epistle today demonstrates the value of the Bible for the edification of Read more…
Sermon for Sunday March 10th, the First Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 The Text: Romans 10:8b-13 The Topic: Saving faith INTRODUCTION According to the Associated Press, in 1997 the U.S. Treasury Department planned to put into circulation a new-look fifty-dollar Read more…
Article for the March edition of The Hillside Messenger “Drawing closer to God through Lent” In our Lord’s farewell discourses to his disciples as recorded in the Gospel according to St. John, St. Thomas asks the question (John 14:5), “ Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and Read more…
Sermon for Ash Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 Text: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 INTRODUCTION The word “Lent” derives from the Old English word “lencten”, which means “the spring,” and was applied to March in which the greater part of the Fast from Ash Wednesday to Easter fell. Then the word came to Read more…