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Maundy Thursday, March 24, 2016

  Running a Race with Endurance The Christian life is a race, a race that we are called to run with endurance – for good reason. All Saints Day helps strengthen us in this race by keeping our eye on the prize 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number,...

Scripture calls us back from despair often.  It has to, because we too often want to go here.  “It’s never going to get any better.  This is the end!  How much worse can it get?”  When the Bible calls us back from something, it also calls us to something: from unbelief to faith, from death...

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and(B) money. 25(C) “Therefore I tell you,(D) do not be anxious about your life. There is a great temptation to think that we are masters.  But...

Faith and Jesus Go Together Jesus says something amazing at the end of our gospel reading, he says to the Samaritan, “Your faith has made you well (or better translated – saved you).” The observant one will realize that it was Jesus who made him well.  But here Jesus wants to make a distinction between...

What Do You Do With the Law? After defining love and defining neighbor, Jesus says, “Do this, and you will live.” What do you do with the Law?  Every religion, including those people religion that claims no religion, must answer this question.  Every person must answer this question: what do I do with the Law? ...

Looking Humbly or Looking Heavenward? Yes. 33 And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” There’s an interesting dichotomy between Jesus here and the...

9(Jesus) also told this parable to some(A) who trusted(B) in themselves that they were righteous,(C) and treated others with contempt:  We are Guilty of Treating Others With Contempt This sermon is for those who sometimes treat others with contempt, who sometimes look down on others and who too often fail to empathize with other sinners and instead are...

 1He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. There are two amazing points in this verse.  1.) God is rich and 2.) You are a manager of those gifts and called to manage them well. God...

Beware of Wolves Warning signs are for your good.  They call attention to the real danger that lies ahead.  This text calls attention to a danger that is sometimes hard to call attention to – other people and pastors.  It’s hard because we know that we’re supposed to speak well of others and just be...