I invite you to open your Bibles with me to Psalm 1. The book of Psalms is in the Old Testament, about halfway through the Bible, with Job on the left and Proverbs on the right. The name Psalms comes from the old greek title for the book, psalmos, which is the word for a... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Welcoming the Stranger
Without my glasses, I cannot see very well. My eyes are deformed a bit and anything more than an arms-length away starts to get blurry. (glasses off) Margaret’s lovely face is nothing but a blurry blob to me. (glasses on) But now I can see Jennifer clearly all the way in the back. That’s why... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Trials and Evil
This morning we reach the end of the Lord’s Prayer, but not the end of our praying. As we have journeyed this fall through the Lord’s prayer, we have seen how praying it bends us toward God in a way we would not have otherwise. We saw the heart of the gospel in the opening... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Forgive Us Our Debts
In our journey through the Lord’s Prayer, we have learned last week to ask God for our most basic needs, including bread, food. We also saw how our hunger for bread points us to our deeper hunger for God. This week, we are taught to pray for forgiveness and to pray that we can forgive... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Daily Bread
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the Gospel According to Matthew. Matthew 6, beginning in verse 9. Matthew is in the New Testament, about 2/3 of the way through your Bibles. Matthew is the first of four accounts of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was written by Matthew, one of... Continue Reading →
Sermon: As In Heaven, So On Earth
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew, chapter 6, beginning in verse 9. Matthew is the first book in what is known as the New Testament - the part of the Bible that tells of the fulfillment of all God’s promises in the coming of Jesus Christ.... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Your Kingdom Come
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew 6, beginning in verse 9. Matthew is in the New Testament - about two-thirds of the way through the Bible - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Matthew 6, beginning in verse 9. To set the stage, Matthew 6 is part... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Hallowed Be Your Name
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the book of Matthew. Matthew is in the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Matthew is about 2/3 of the way through the Bible, if you are in Zechariah or Malachi, go a little bit farther. Matthew, chapter 6, beginning in verse 9.... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Our Father in Heaven
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the book of Matthew. Matthew is in the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. If you are in Zechariah or Malachi you haven’t gone quite far enough. Matthew chapter 6, beginning in verse 9. As always, you are invited to leave your Bibles... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Learning to Pray
I invite you to open your Bibles with me to the Gospel according to Matthew. Matthew, chapter 6, beginning in verse 5. Matthew is in the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. If you are in Zechariah or Malachi, you haven’t gone quite far enough. If you are in any of the other... Continue Reading →
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