The Beatitudes are some of the best known parts of the Bible. They are found in the Sermon on the Mount which, according to John Stott, “is probably the best-known part of the teaching of Jesus, though arguably it is the least understood, and certainly it is the least obeyed.” I’ll just leave this here […]
Happy New Year 2020!
The first Sunday of a new calendar year so it would make sense to preach about New Year’s, or resolutions or beginnings but instead, the Lectionary led me to preach about Jesus. It is very easy for us to reduce Jesus to a simple binary with “human” on the one side and “God” on the […]
Love isn’t always where you expect it
Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the last Sunday before Christmas. The last candle lit is the Love candle. I have only one question, why are the Lectionary selections for this Sunday: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25? Look them up and see where all the “love” is in them. Go […]
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