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Leave the 99 for the one. 2 Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So He told them this parable, saying, 4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture…

“Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into Hell.” Today our topic is the Good Friday topic, In Christian Dogmatics it is referred to as the Passion of the Christ - the Suffering - Pascho in greek - of Jesus. However, His suffering did not just begin with Pilate.…

Wedding invitations When I was training for the ministry, my mentoring minister gave me quite qa lot of advice about weddings - lots of it was useful, practical and wise. But, looking back, he gave em what now seems an incommensurate amount of advice on how to deal with the etique of wedding invitations.…

All I Wanted Was A Haircut Haircut Easton, grandma, “How old are you?” 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. For whatever reason, this verse is the crux of our problem this morning. Blind from birth. If he had only been born “normal”, there wouldn’t be a story to tell. But he wsa born blind……

Personal Illustration: My doctor recommends that I see an optometrist. Although I use reading glasses regularly, I now realize that I need a prescription to see thinks clearly. Seeing things clearly is not just for reading and driving. Seeing things clearly is an idiom that is used in business, education,…

Mothers and their many responsibilities. 1. This mother knew where to go in her time of need, 2 Kings 4:1 . Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord ; and the creditor has come to…

Who Is Your Neighbor? Rather, Who Is Your Father!?! On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and…

Other Theories of Either Go Too Far or Not Far Enough Previous chapters have made passing reference on a number of occasions to other theories concerning . In this chapter each one will be briefly evaluated to identify the points of comparison with the theory proposed here. Young Earth Creationism (YEC)…

Text: “Rejoice with me” ( Luke 15:6 ). Scripture Reading: Luke 15:1–7 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having…

1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” Thesis / Central…

Can you see clearly? This year is 2020. We keep hearing that 2020 is about see with clarity. 1 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “ It was neither that this man sinned,…

Jesus Was a Radical! And we’ve tamed Him over the years to be a thoughtful cerebral man. We have chosen to see him more like a friendly traveling preacher, than the out right, world changing, paradigm shifting, crazy peaking man that He was. We read His words and say a polite “Amen” and choose not to…

Message from the Messenger Momentarily Mute Maturation by being Mum Message of Manifestation

Intro Week 3 of this series Looking at Identity Who are you? Who am I? Do we define ourselves as the world would seek to define us? Race Gender Politics Socio-economic class sexuality denomination so on and so forth Or do we define ourselves by and through Christ? If we are defining ourselves by Christ,…

Who Were the Pharisees? By Caryn A. Reeder Paul’s autobiography in gives us a rare firsthand perspective on the Pharisees in the first century. We otherwise hear about the Pharisees from outsiders (the Gospels, or the revisionist history written by Josephus in the late first century). Paul highlights…

The Bible calls us to a Radical kind of love Last time we were hear together we talked about how the bible calls us to a radical, extravagant kind of love to our neighbors and we also defined our neighbors as anyone and everyone around us. It has been important to set this ground work because to go any…

What do we see? When we look around our world....our little community.... What do we see? Seriously…what do we see? Do we see loving…successful…joy-filled people? Do we see prosperity....strong families....and hope? Do we see God’s blessings…God’s grace…filling people’s lives to overflowing? Or.... Do…

Parable of the Lost Coin Text: “There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth” ( Luke 15:10 ). Scripture Reading: Luke 15:8–10 8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she…

Intro I want to begin this morning by playing a sound for you. Did you hear words to the jingle along with the sound? Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. The insurance company has built itself upon that slogan that being a good neighbor means having fast and fair claim service. Portraying their…

Introduction Let me begin by saying we all want our children to begin to speak those wonderful words Mom or dad. In some cases, I have heard it can be a competition. The reality is that those are not the first words they learn or speak. The first is NO! The second word children learn is Why? Asking why…

When Jenelle and I were dating, at that time I worked for my dad, and part of my job was to visit local car dealerships and hadn out business cards and desk calendars and that sort of thing in way of marketing so that the car dealers maybe would send some business our way. Jenelle was with me one day…

Today is one of those days when a Holy Day, what I sometimes call a Red Letter day, falls on a Sunday. When that happens, typically speaking the rector is free to move the celebration of the Holy Day to the following day, which is what we are doing. So, January 1st is traditionally a celebration of the…

A few years ago, I was at a prayer retreat with the New England District pastors. A pastor I’ll call S.T. asked us to pray for him. He had been a pastor in our district for over thirty years. He was about to spend three more days alone with God for a heart examination and he confessed that this was terrifying…

Verse 6 “ All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way ;” Israel had strayed far from God, a dark place spiritually although probably one of their most “religious” times Gentiles were strays… far from this God who was their creator. Wondering aimlessly in this dark world…

God’s Heart for the Lost 1 All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does…