A woman’s gift

A woman’s gift (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
John 12:1-8
March 13, 2016

She made a gift to Jesus.  Mary made a gift to Jesus, an extravagant gift.  She took a whole pint of perfume, pure nard, and poured it out over Jesus’ feet.  According to Judas, the perfume was worth about three hundred silver coins.  Since one silver coin represented a day’s pay for a farm laborer, the value of the perfume was more than a year’s wages for a laborer working six days a week, or, in our money, about $18,000.… Continue reading ...

Our common lot

Our common lot (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 23:13-26
March 20, 2016

Who killed Jesus?

Pilate did.  He was the one, the only one, with the authority to have Jesus put to death, and that was the sentence he pronounced.  Reluctant or not, he made the decision.  Pilate, the agent of the Roman Empire in Judea, killed Jesus.… Continue reading ...