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…
Sermon: Dwelling in the House of the Lord. “O LORD God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.” [Psalm 84:13] It is not often that I write my sermon based on the Psalm for the day, but today’s selection from the Psalter struck a cord Read more…
Sermon: Being Good Messengers “‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them Read more…
“And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.” [Luke 17:15-16] Have you noticed how many of the customs we’ve grown up Read more…
“And he said unto him, ‘If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.’” [St. Luke 16:31] In our Gospel lesson for today, we have the very famous tale of the rich man and Lazarus. Now, as you know, I Read more…
“See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil.” [Deuteronomy 30:15] I love it when people tell me that the Bible is full of contradictions. The truth is that the Bible is consistent. The only contradictions we see are because things are taken out Read more…