Judging Others

Do not judge or you too will be judged. – Matthew 7:1 It is a phrase that has been used countless times during contentious conversations in defense moments when someone is confronted about a behavior: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” These famous words from Jesus are recited by many but profoundly

What’s your response?

We gathered after one week to ponder the scriptures we have studied these Saturdays. So of course I will take us completely off course and into something different for this week. No surprise. We will not go as far off as it may seem. I want to talk and challenge us this morning. Asking each

It’s time

The Wedding at Cana 1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her,

What are you seeking?

Behold, the Lamb of God 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know

Inward Cleansing

As we discussed last week, the church was expecting the messiah, and there were all kinds of speculations and assumptions.  The culture had been waiting generations for the coming Messiah, and what should they expect? We, in our own culture, are waiting as well, and we have our own expectations. The church in Jesus time

JW and The Bible

As we begin the Gospel of John, we are immediately faced with the concept that Jesus has been around since the beginning of time. To supplement our Gospel story, an article by Robert Bowman Jr. that gives us some insights into the religious group called the Jehovah’s Witness. As an introduction a summary of the

John – Introduction

Brother, beloved, disciple: John We begin a journey in the summer of 2015 by learning about one of the original and last of the original 12 disciples of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome. His life was rich, full and long lasting. John was one of the rare individuals that followed

The Gospels

The message of the New Testament (NT) cannot be separated from that of the Old Testament (OT). The OT promised that God would save his people, beginning with the promise that the seed of the woman would triumph over the seed of the Serpent (Gen. 3:15)A. John the Baptist summoned the people of Israel to

The biblical mosaic

We all have one, many of us have multiple. We have had sermons preached to us, we have read much of it and are intrigued by parts of it. Today we take a step back and take a broad look at the mosaic of our bible. So to begin with, let’s hit the basics and