Sermons

LUKE 4:21-30 Here we are again, smack dab in the synagogue in Nazareth, and Jesus has just read the shortest sermon in history. “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”  Jesus would have been surrounded by family, the disciples, and His neighbors.    In a small village like Nazareth, and the fact that Jesus…

LUKE 4:14-21 Welcome to the third Sunday in Epiphany.  Today, our Gospel reading comes from the book of Luke.  In fact, today’s reading tells us of the first public act of Jesus.  However, in reality it is not an act, but a sermon, and in a nutshell gives us Jesus’ life, ministry, and purpose in…

JOHN 2: 1-11 Okay, after hearing today’s Scripture lesson, I know all of you would be disappointed if I didn’t tell a joke. I know we all love those walk into the bar jokes.  So, here goes! “Jesus walks into a bar and crawls up on a stool.   The bartender comes over and says, “Let…

LUKE 3:15-17, 21-22 Today we celebrate the baptism of our Lord Jesus by John the Baptist in the waters of the Jordan River.  In Jesus time, I am sure that the Jordan River was a larger, more pristine body of water than it is now.  A few years ago, I was blessed with the opportunity…

Luke 2:40-52 New Years is a time we look back at the year or years gone by; a time to reflect on the progress we’ve made and to make new plans for the coming year.  The New Year always brings about thoughts of making a “New Year’s Resolution.”  One year I resolved to floss my teeth every…

Christmas 1                 On the first Sunday of Christmas we find the boy Samuel and the boy Jesus, both in the temple, both growing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and humankind. We too have returned to the house of God “to sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God,” who has…