Sermon: Arise, and Be Not Afraid. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Read more
Sermon: Preparing for a Holy and Fulfilling Lent. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, “Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, ‘Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.’” [Leviticus 19:1-2] Today is the start of the Read more
Sermon: Acting Out of Love and Not Guilt. “He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt.” [Ecclesiasticus 15:16] I remember reading many years ago that, when someone from the old Soviet Union immigrated to the United States, they had a very hard Read more
Sermon: Gaining an Incomparable Joy. “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” [Micah 6:8] Have you ever wondered why, as a religion becomes older, legalism Read more
Sermon: Proclaiming Christ as the Lamb of God. “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him and saith, ‘Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.’” [John 1:29] It is my belief that no one, or at least very few people, come to Christ Read more
Sermon: Blessed Is He That Cometh in the Name of the LORD. “As your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have been now the Read more
Sermon: The Best Christmas Gift And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. [St. John 1:14] In the Sunday Mercury News, they have a magazine called USA Weekend. Read more
Becoming Good Children of God “Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” [Matthew 11:11] Our Gospel Lesson for today is historically Read more
Sermon: Being a Citizen in the Kingdom of God. “Behold, the days come,” saith the LORD, “that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.” [Jeremiah 23:5] Today we have three lessons that juxtapose Read more
Sermon: Words to Pray By. “And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.” [2 Thessalonians 3:4] I do not know how many of you listen to Public Radio or specifically NPR, but there is a game show called “Wait, Wait, Read more