Monthly Archives: June 2020

     The Bible is a huge book and it speaks about many different things in many different ways.  It tells stories and it teaches theology.  It tells us how to…

     (...continued)  In Luke 16 Jesus told a parable about a similar reversal of fortunes.  The story opens with a rich man who has everything, living in luxury every…

Amos the Prophet, 8th century B. C.  (woodcut by Gustave Dore, 1832-1883) ***************************     Amos was a farmer, called on by God to be a preacher to Israel during the…

Matthew 16:13-16  --  Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of man is?”  And they said, “Some…

     (…continued)  Jesus comes to different people in different ways at different stages in their lives.  In Luke 14:31-33 Jesus told the people there gathered to “consider the cost” before…

Ayub Masih ----------- Luke 14:28-33  --  (Jesus said),  “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower.  Won’t you first sit down and consider the cost to see if you…

    (…continued)  You will be told many other things.  You will be told that pleasure is the most important thing is life.  You will be told that you must seek…

From a sermon on a Confirmation Sunday. ------------------------- John 14:23a…27-- Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching...  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give…

From a letter by C. S. Lewis to Mary Van Deusen (November 21, 1963), on the difficulties of moving and on the lessons we are taught by life’s many changes; quoted…

The Baptism of Christ, Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto  (1518-1594) ----------------- Matthew 3:13-17  --   Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.  But John tried to deter him,…