Have you thought about today? Today is the only day of its kind. When today has ticked by one moment at a time there won’t be another day exactly like it. Today’s Scripture lessons point out that obvious truth, from Old Testament to Epistle to...
That Paul was in Corinth for 18 months in 50-52AD is historical fact. Read Acts 18:1-22 – Paul was sure busy, and under threat, and tried before Gallio (but acquitted), and preached the Word of God, Christ Jesus and Him crucified all the while. Later, from...
This weekend we recognize and celebrate the baptism of Jesus. This event we share with Him, unlike other aspects of His life and ours. We are not sinless; He was, though tempted in just the ways we are. We cannot do miracles like He did;...
Shame on me, Lord but – I tend to think of “inheritance” as being, well, money… Am I the only one? In the opening slide today note the little boy is being read to from a book, a Golden Book, remember those? It was mine....
The gospel for this day is from Luke, in the 12th chapter. Jesus has just reminded us that worrying cannot add a single hour to our lives. Boy, that’s easy for Him to say! What about all the stuff we worry about, who’s going to...
Christmas is the day in which we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Christmas is also steeped in traditions. We sing those traditional songs such as “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, “Away in a Manger”, “What Child Is This”, and of course “Silent Night, Holy Night”. ...
We just sang the hymn “What Child Is This?” written by William Chatterton Dix in the 19th century. Dix asks the question in song that without faith in who that baby becomes cannot be answered. What child, after all, would be announced by angels, watched...
Tonight, Luke takes us through the beginning of the infancy narrative, those words he records regarding the preparation for the coming of the King, and the realization that indeed He has come to His earth. We hear first of the miracle in humans of the...
Chuck Swindoll in his book “Finishing Touch” writes, “Surprises come in many forms and guises: some good, some borderline amazing, some awful, some tragic, some hilarious. But there’s one thing we can usually say - surprises aren’t boring.” Today we focus on one of the greatest...
Welcome to the last of our Advent Wednesday services, and thank you for sticking with us on these mid-weeks – it isn’t easy, with everything else that’s going on in your lives, to devote some time to worship. Remember Red Light/Green Light, the game when you...