[No Sermon Audio] THEME OF THE DAY Today is the Day of Pentecost—the birthday of the Christian Church. A more descriptive name for it might be the Festival Day of…
On this special Sunday, between the Ascension of our Lord and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, we do well to remember Christ’s promise, “Lo, I am with…
Can love be commanded? Jesus seems to think so. “Love one another as I have loved you.” It is a love that is active, not passive; it is not so…
When someone says, “I love you,” there really is only one acceptable response: “I love you, too.” In Christ Jesus, God declares His love to us. Now it’s our turn.…
“I am the Good Shepherd,” Jesus declares. His shepherding love for us—and even for those “not yet in the fold”—is the theme for this day. Too often, however, we tend…
Seeing is believing…but believing is also seeing. In Acts, Peter admonishes the crowd for being amazed at the miraculous healing performed in Christ’s name. The Epistle speaks of the hope…
Fellowship is a term tossed around frequently in church circles, but too often meaning little more than chatting with friends during coffee hour…or entangling alliances with other church bodies we…
APRIL FOOLS! What a trick God played on sin, death, and the devil! Instead of evil and darkness overcoming, Light and Love proved victorious. Christ has risen!!! The direct result…
On this day the Church continues it procession with our crucified and risen Lord. He is in our midst as we hear about his life-giving death, as we follow Jesus’…
Jesus sees the unfolding hour of his death as a time to be glorified. Sometimes in life, those events that strike us as unfortunate, tragic, or bad are, in the…