GOING THROUGH THE GATE

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29    Mark 11:1-11  Palm Sunday Jeff Davidson Years ago I saw some flash cards that had cartoons on them designed to help you learn the books of the Bible. One of the cards had a big cartoon letter “S” on it, and the “S” had arms and was stirring a bowl. Which book…

THE PARADOX OF POWER

John 12:20-33, Matthew 13: 24-30 Bryan Hanger Today is the 5th Sunday of Lent. Next week is Palm Sunday. Jesus’ final act is approaching and we must continue to reflect on his final days and focus our hearts on the message he proclaimed. In our scripture readings today we have a parable and a short…

LOVING THE DARKNESS

John 3:14-21  Jeff Davidson This is one of those passages that has about a dozen different sermons in it. Jesus starts off by talking about Moses lifting up a bronze serpent on a pole in the wilderness. That story is in Numbers 21:4-9. You could talk about how just as Moses lifted up the serpent…

A RUCKUS IN THE TEMPLE

John 2:13-25 Nathan Hosler – John 2:13-25 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the…

ALL WILL BE BLESSED

Genesis 12:1-4a, Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 Jeff Davidson  We were playing a team-building game at work last weekend, and one of the questions asked during the game was, “If you could be any superhero, which one would you be?” It wasn’t my question but I did have an answer. If I could be…