Good Friday
Don’t you fear God?!
38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are […]
Blessed is the King who comes
Text: Luke 19: 28-40 Palm Sunday has special memories for some of us. You may have been confirmed on a Palm Sunday. That tradition goes way back. As a child I remember getting the palm leaf and carrying it around between church and Sunday School. It was something different, special in a way but I wasn’t quite sure what it […]
Patrick the Sinner… I Came to Ireland
Text: Romans 1:15, 16 Saint Patrick’s Day Credit goes to Pastor Armin Keibel for much of the research used. Today is the day when everyone seems to be Irish. We see lots of people wearing a bit of green. For green is the color of that beautiful land called Ireland. But there is of course another reason to celebrate […]
Facing the Cross
Text: Isaiah 53:5 This is a very special time of year…For a pastor, it is also humbling time of year. I feel like the cook working in the kitchen with the finest ingredients who just can’t seem to make it all come together. I feel like the carpenter with the best wood who finishes the project but it didn’t quite […]
On the Road to the Promised Land
Text: 1Corinthians 10: 1-13 Last week, we met Jesus on the road to Jerusalem. We met our Savior whose commitment to go the way the cross was unshakable. He was that committed to his Father’s will, that committed to save us from ourselves that he traveled that road. And if you remember the movie, the Passion of the Christ, you […]