Sermons
10-21-2018 Are you prepared?
Mark 10:35-45 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Request of James and John 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” 37 And they…
Read More10-14-2018 To enter the Kingdom of God
Mark 10:17-31 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Rich Man 17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know…
Read More10-7-2018 Nevertheless: learning from faith of Job
Job 1:1 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Job and His Family 1 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. Job 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Attack on Job’s Health 2 One day the heavenly beings came…
Read More9-30-2018 Keep the Saltiness
Mark 9:38-50 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Another Exorcist 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon…
Read More9-23-2018 Two Important Lessons Of Jesus for Us Right Now!
Mark 9:30-37 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Jesus Again Foretells His Death and Resurrection 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and…
Read More9-16-2018 Inflection Point Of Faith
One Time Blind Video Link Mark 8:27-38 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Peter’s Declaration about Jesus 27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one…
Read More9-9-2018 Let’s Get It
James 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Warning against Partiality 2 My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? 2 For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, 3 and if you take…
Read More9-2-2018 The More Excellent Way
Mark 7:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Tradition of the Elders 7 Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, 2 they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they…
Read More8-19-2018 Bread of Life 3
John 6:51-58 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” 52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give…
Read More8-12-2018 Bread Of Life 2
John 6:35 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:41-51 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 41 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came…
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