“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.” [Luke 14:33] Today, in our Gospel lesson, we have a strange statement: “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and Read more
Having an Understanding Heart. “Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad.” [1 Kings 3:9] As many of you know, I have been in France for about three weeks and came home this past Tuesday night. Well, coming back Read more
Sermon: Our Faithful God. “Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.” [Jeremiah 20:13] For those who know Christianity, this statement of the Prophet Jeremiah must strike us all as being a little odd. Almost everyone Read more
Sermon: “Where Is the Holy Ghost?” “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.” [Acts 2:2-3] Read more
Sermon: Let Us Be a Joyful People. “But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God; * let them also be merry and joyful.” [Psalm 68:3] In our prayer group, I was asked about the dilemma that good Christians face sooner or later in their earthly sojourn. Sometime in Read more
Sermon: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” [John 14:1] When I was a little boy – I believe I was in second grade – I remember talking with my friends about the end of the world. Read more
Sermon: Listening for Our Master’s Voice. “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” [John 10:9] Today’s lesson, about fifty years ago, would not be a difficult lesson to teach. It would have been Read more
Sermon: Being a Proper Conduit for God’s Light and Love. “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” [2 Corinthians 4:6] I am a Read more
Sermon: Becoming True Children of Light. “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.”[Ephesians 5:8] How do we know if something is an act of God or not? After all, it is not as if God signs all His messages. Read more
Sermon: Withstanding the Onslaught “And they said, ‘What is that to us? see thou to that.’” [Matthew 27:4b] There was a priest in a distant parish that had a wife who was well known for her charitable impulses. She would help anyone in need and did it with great kindness Read more