Sermons

MATTHEW 10:40-42 This morning, I would like you to take a couple of minutes and think about what hospitality means to you.  Perhaps, having visitors for dinner comes to mind.  When I was growing up, everyone came to my Grandmother’s house after church for a family dinner, and often there would be others who had…

Matthew 10: 24-39 Today’s Gospel reading is one of those that at first read, the Pastor starts to pull her hair out, which is not such as good thing as we are told every hair on our head is known by God.  Why tug at our hair?  Well, there is an overwhelming number of different…

ROMAN 6:1-11 It’s not often that I get to offer a message on the book of Roman written by Paul.  Somehow, it just seemed that it was the right scripture for today in the light of the suffering that has taken place in our world.  My guess is that few of us ever thought that…

TRINITY SUNDAY – MATTHEW 28:16-20 Today is Trinity Sunday, the day we celebrate and commemorate the doctrine of the trinity, the central doctrine of Christian faith.   It is when we celebrate our Triune God!  If you think back to your catechism classes, you probably remember the Athanasian Creed, which states, “that we worship one God…

JOHN 20:19-23 Welcome to Pentecost Sunday.  In the church calendar, the word “Pentecost designates the 50th day after Passover, which was a Feast Day.  It was also known as the Feast of Weeks or the Feast of Harvest.  It was on this day that the Holy Spirit was poured out on followers of Christ who…

LUKE 24:44-53 ASCENSION SUNDAY Today is the last Sunday of Easter in the church year, when Jesus’ ascension to heaven is celebrated.  Ascension Sunday isn’t exactly one of our highest holy days and very few Ascension hymns exist.  This coming week the white cloths here on the alter will be taken down and replaced with…