Luke 18:9-14 When I was a pastor in Ohio in the United States, I lived next door to a man who came right out of the movie The Deerhunter – which was filmed locally. He was a Vietnam war veteran and worked in one of the local steel mills. He was a huntin’ and fishin’,…
Matthew 18:21-35 Last week I used an illustration from a novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. This novel begins with the famous line, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” It is a novel that takes place in the two cities of London and Paris during the…
I Peter 4:12-14 The New York Times is a great newspaper, but it lacks one critical element – no comics. And I collect comic strips that I like. One of these is The Wizard of Id. The writer of this comic strip, incidentally, is a Christian and his faith makes its way into the strip…
I Peter 5:8-9 We come to the end of I Peter with today’s text. Next week I will focus on the sufferings of Christ that Peter speaks about so often in this letter as an introduction to the period of Lent that leads us in the church calendar to Easter. And during Lent, we will…
I Peter 3:1-7 The internet provides items of humor that circulate throughout the world with the click of a mouse. Often times, these focus on male/female differences and since today is the day before Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d read you part of one. Recently, a group of computer scientists (all males) announced that computers…