What proof do you need? The question almost seems unnecessarily provocative. Why would I choose such a title? Well, first of all, it’s a question. I like sermon titles being questions. The life of faith seems to be one long string of questions we ask ourselves, others, God. I like sermon titles asking questions, even…
Jesus’ disciple named Thomas is another one of those Bible characters we seem to feel we can kick around. Thomas has become famous, so famous in fact his honorific “Doubting” has moved into common speech with many people not knowing the label “a doubting Thomas” comes from the Gospel of John. The tradition I grew…
The sermon title this week is “Do we need to see?” which is obviously a rhetorical question but it comes from what I think is an important deeper question. The impetus for my thinking on the whole thing comes from our Gospel lesson this Sunday, which is the well-known story of Jesus’ disciple Thomas needing…