Category: SERMONS, WORSHIP, MEDITATIONS

Philippians 3:4b-14   4  If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:  5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;  6  as to zeal, a persecutor of the…

Kenneth E. Bailey has written a marvelous book in which he seeks to provide Middle Eastern insights into the understanding of the story of Prodigal Son. Bailey has worked in the Middle East most of his life. He understands its culture and has a grasp of the languages so that he has access to eastern…

1 Corinthians 10:1-13 10I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,3and all ate the same spiritual food,4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank…

Luke 4:1-13 4Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3The devil said to him, “If you are…

The Prayerful Life Luke 9:28-36 28Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.29And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.30Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him.31They…

Love, the Best Gift 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Five year old Johnny Quinn loved his big brother, Tommy. The doctor told Johnny that his brother was very sick and needed a blood transfusion, and the doctor asked: “Johnny, would you be willing to give some of your blood to your brother?” Johnny gulped hard, his eyes…

Spirit-Filled and Spirit-Blessed Community A man said to the Lord, “is it true that in your scale of reckoning a thousand years is like a minute?” The Lord assured him that it is. “And is it true that in your weights and measures, a thousand dollars is like a penny?” Again, the Lord assured him…

Spiritual Gifts Activated 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. 3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God…

The Baptism of Our Lord Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 15As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not…