Ephesians 5 In 1964, as a thirteen year old, I saw the Pieta at the World’s Fair in New York City. The Pieta is a sculpture of Michelangelo portraying the crucified Jesus lying in his mother Mary’s arms. As I recall, it sat behind glass under a blue light with a moving walkway taking people…
Luke 2 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Peace. Where is it? The angels appeared to shepherds in the vicinity of Bethlehem promising peace. With the…
Luke 1 & 2 We are focusing this Advent on four words in the Christmas story. The first Sunday I preached on fear, last week Kelly preached on Joy and next Sunday I will be preaching on Peace. Today I was supposed to talk about Doubt, but as I looked at the text, I became…
Luke 2:8-20 In February of 1985 my wife and I took one of the best vacations we have ever had. My parents had invited us to come with them to the British Virgin Islands. We left Newark, New Jersey in a snow storm, handed our winter coats to my sister who had driven us to…
Jeremiah 32 We come to the end, this morning, of our series of sermons on Jeremiah. I approach sermon series with fear and trepidation, I worry that we will not find enough of value to make the series interesting and helpful to us. I worry that it is the wrong place in Scripture for us…