For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. – Matthew 18:20 KJV Have you ever experienced a time when something took place and at that very moment you knew it would become a lifetime memory? Many people remember where they were when Princess Diana…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…