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Let the Triune God Resolve Divisions
New Day Sermon Pentecost 3 Divisions can cause all kinds of problems. In Mark 3, Jesus says unity is threatened by divisions. A House divided is destined to fall. One can look at fear being a major underlying reason for divisions to surface. One way to resolve divisions is to turn to the Triune God…
Third Sunday of Pentecost Worship Preview
And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mark 3:34) A house divided against itself cannot stand. Jesus makes this observation in light of charges that he is possessed. He is possessed, not…
Water People
It’s Electric!
Beloved, Beautiful, Believing
New Day Sermon the baptism of our lord Why did Jesus need to be baptized? He was sinless. Maybe the answer is more basic than we realize.
Baptism of Our Lord Preview
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” -Mark 1:11 In today’s Gospel reading we encounter the story of Jesus’ baptism. For the Gospel writer Mark, this is the beginning, where things get really exciting. The Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus, the heavens are ripped…
I Promise
New Day Sermon Advent 2 Promises. We make them all the time. Some we keep, some not so much. Have you ever considered the unbreakable promise God has made with you?
In God we Trust
traditional sermon pentecost 20 It is a question you have heard, no doubt, and maybe even spoken it yourself. Usually it is voiced when you find yourself in a crowded and somewhat chaotic location – an amusement park … a busy playground … a toy store two weeks before Christmas. You see a child wandering…
By Water and the Word
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL WEEK OF Pentecost 19 What does such baptizing with water signify? It signifies that the old Adam in us should, by daily contrition and repentance, be drowned and die with all sins and evil lusts, and, again, a new man daily come forth and arise; who shall live before God in righteousness and…