God’s gift of Communion or the Lord’s Supper is a particularly powerful gift, as it unites us with the “breadth and length and height and depth” of the love of Christ that we may find our root in Him. This gift is a miraculous gift – every bit as miraculous as walking on water or…
A Jesus Centered Community of Scripture, Faith, and Grace
Sermons from 2015 (Page 3)
We continue our “ReGifted” series with a consideration of our Baptisms, looking at what it means to be granted access to the Trinity in one Spirit, as well as to be united with brothers and sisters in Christ through this sacrament. We were once far off, but God has granted to us His gift of…
As we begin our series on “ReGifting” with an epistle lesson that we had earlier in this Church Year, specifically the 2nd Sunday of the season of Christmas. This provides us with an ample opportunity to talk about the Gift of God, Jesus Christ. In July, it is sometimes even hard to remember what we…
It can be disconcerting to feel as if we are unheard, but even more disconcerting is the idea that someone would not hear the Gospel. This Sunday we focus on the beauty of the fact that God has made it His mission and our mission as His Body, to proclaim the Gospel to the world…
God’s love for us never ceases, but there are times at which we might question the compassion of God when we see the suffering of people around us. Jeremiah wrote the book of Lamentation as he was watching his people being carried off into exile, but he was still able to have hope in God’s…
Job asks God for an answer, and when God gives Job the answer, we may wonder if Job regretted ever asking the question. At times it may feel to us that God has not really answered our questions in the way which we would like them to be answered. We want small answers, but God…
As we enter into the Sundays after Pentecost, our attention within the series shifts to the Epistle lesson, specifically when St. Paul talks about the “Spirit of Faith” who gives us faith. This is especially contrasted with the Gospel reading and its threats against the “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit”. Since we have the same…
We continue our conversation about the Holy Spirit, especially in the Spirit’s relationship to the Father and the Son, and how that relationship helps us to understand our relationship with the Trinity ourselves. We are born into the kingdom of God by the work of the Holy Spirit, especially through the new birth offered us…
Pentecost Sunday is the primary feast day of the Holy Spirit. On this Sunday we see the guidance that the Holy Spirit provides, orchestrating and helping sinful human beings in their actions and decisions. Primarily, we focus on how Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will “Guide you into all truth” (John 16). As we…
About Easter 7/Matthias – Matthias is our last disciple in “Cameo”, and we know the least about him. Nevertheless, his story is not without meaning for us. Matthias is the ultimate cameo as his story gives the ultimate in witness of Jesus Christ, that the Church is not built upon the foundation of the disciples…