Exasperated

Exasperated (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 6:53 – 7:13
August 30, 2015

I am exasperated!  Do you want to know why?  OK, I’ll tell you why!

Some Pharisees and teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus …

From Jerusalem.  These guys had come a long way!  It’s a hundred-mile trip from Jerusalem to Gennesaret. … Continue reading ...

One

One (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 15:1-10
September 11, 2016

(Play video: images from September 11-12, 2001, set to Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings; link = https://sermons.believersjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/adagio.mp4)

That brings back a host of feelings, doesn’t it?

Fifteen years ago today, our world changed.  Fifteen years ago today, we changed.  For the better?  Did we change for the better? … Continue reading ...

Parties, politics, and impertinent puzzles

Parties, politics, and impertinent puzzles (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 20:27-40
November 6, 2016

In three days, it will be over.  Except that it won’t be over, will it?

If the Democratic candidate prevails, the Republican candidate and many of his supporters have suggested they will not acknowledge the legitimacy of the result and, therefore, the legitimacy of the newly elected administration.… Continue reading ...