March 15, 2020 Sermon – Heaven on Earth Good morning! Today’s message is focused on Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Last week turned into a week like none other most of us have known. Before I understood the concept of “flattening the curve”, I was quite incredulous with (what I will…
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Sermons on Romans (Page 3)
“Ascribe the Lord” This week marks the beginning of another season of Lent. We are now in the 40 or so days leading up to Easter, the day of Jesus’ resurrection. Lent always begins in the same fashion- Ash Wednesday. It is a day of reflection and repentance, symbolized by an ashen cross on our forehead. The words that are said as…
After a major downpour, like the one we had the other day, a mother watched her two little boys playing in a puddle hole through her kitchen window. The older of the two, a five-year old, took his younger brother by the back of his head and shoved his face into the puddle. As the boy recovered, shook his head, laughing and…
“Half Truths: Everything Happens for a Reason” Today, we begin a new series of sermon: half-truths. Not everything we attribute to being found in the Bible is actually in the Bible and biblical truth. This series is inspired by the Adam Hamilton’s book Half-Truths. (1) Most of us have said things that we believe and shared that we have not fully thought…
After the followers of Jesus had made it through the shock of the death of Jesus, they had amazed it through the resurrection of Christ. They lived in excitement in the 40 days of greatest hits of “tell me another.” The disciples looked at the sky with the ascension wondering where Jesus had really gone as he went up to heaven. Now,…
Typically, in the summer, television ratings dip a bit. You see, you and I are out in the evening on a walk or away on vacation. We are watching the fireflies turn on their lights and the stars peek out. Or at least, some of us. But I can imagine that this particular week, many…
There is a story told of when God first made the world, nothing turned out right, so God decided to start all over again. When the animals heard about this, they were frightened. They decided to ask God not to end the world. But none of them knew where God lived, so they all flew…
Every so often, I find myself on a Monday morning wandering through the sanctuary, looking for papers I left on the pulpit, and as I walk through the sanctuary, almost without fail, bulletins on chairs caught my eye. Thinking I am straightening up, I go pick up the bulletin and find it has notes, doodles,…
This morning is the last in our series of songs requested by the congregation: Music and God sightings: theology hidden in our midst. In this series, we have heard about Amazing Grace from Pastor Shirley, Breathe from Jamie Lindtner. I have shared from One Day, I want to Live, and now, Precious Lord, take my…