Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 12:14-20. Text: “. . . for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.” Romans 14:23/b and: “but test everything; hold fast to what is good;” 1 Thessalonians 5:21.The two most often heard criticisms concerning the sermons preached in the churches are: ...
Scripture reading: Luke 19:28-40. Text: "As he (Jesus) was drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to REJOICE and praise God with a loud voice for the all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, 'Blessed is the King who comes in the ...
Scripture reading: Luke 10:25-37. Text: "But he (the lawyer), desiring to JUSTIFY HIMSELF, said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'" Luke 10:29. (Emphasis mine).Not only our compassion toward the poor but also the issue of poverty should be our concern on this the Sunday that is set aside to ...
Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26. Text: "For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I ...
Scripture reading: Matthew 22:1-14. Text: "‘But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment; and he said to him, “Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?” And he was speechless.’" Matthew 22:11-12.Let this message prepare ...
Scripture reading: Matthew 20:l-16. Text: “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.’”Revelation 22:13.This is the LAST Sunday of the year. Let one word, to which we are at this time near the end of December even more sensitive, help us understand ...