Sermon Text: Psalm 51:7 “Teacher, all these I’ve kept since I was a boy!” Jesus looked at him and loved him. Sigh. This is us more often than we’d like to admit. Most of us here already believe, and many of us have been believers for as long as we can remember. Because of that,…
Reflections on RepentanceGod Reveals our Sinful Nature (Psalm 51:5)5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Tell me, have you ever heard someone make a statement like, “He’s really not a bad person. He’s just made some bad choices.” In fact, maybe you’ve had that same thought about yourself. “I’m…
As Satan Sifts, Jesus Confronts, Forgives, and Strengthens Lent is not the most wonderful time of year. There’s no Christmas trees and lights and carols. We even put the Church’s most jubilant songs, the Alleluia’s and Gloria’s away for the season. Instead, there’s purple and black, there’s minor keys and haunting lyrics, and there’s time…
Have you ever had a disagreement in your family? A disagreement about something important. One spouse says, “I think we are spending way too much money on Christmas gifts. We need to cut back.” Or someone says, “I think we should sell our house right now and move to Florida.” When Christians have a disagreement,…
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they…
Sermon Text: Mark 14:55-65 Every good story needs a bad guy, and in the inspired true story that is the passion of Jesus, there are plenty of villains to choose from. We immediately think of Judas, the disciple of Jesus who was willing to betray his Lord for a few pieces of silver. We remember…
John 18:4-11 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?” 5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Again he asked them, “Who is…
John 13:21-30 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” 22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to…
