Sermon: “The Ten Bridesmaids” given by Deacon Clint BorckyFirst Lesson: Matthew 25:1-7Second Lesson: Matthew 25:8-13Hymns: “Love Devine All Love’s Excelling,” “Give Me Oil In My Lamp,” “The Church Is One Foundation”
Sermon: “The Ten Bridesmaids” given by Deacon Clint BorckyFirst Lesson: Matthew 25:1-7Second Lesson: Matthew 25:8-13Hymns: “Love Devine All Love’s Excelling,” “Give Me Oil In My Lamp,” “The Church Is One Foundation”
Sermon: “As Many As You May Find” given by Elder Dan SelockFirst Lesson: Matthew 22:1-14Second Lesson: Psalm 45:6-7Hymns: “God of Grace, God of Glory,” “Come Back to the Table of Grace,” “Look Who Gathers at Christ’s Table”
Sermon: “Fair Is Fair?” given by Elder Granger Odum First Lesson: Matthew 20:1-16 Second Lesson: Psalm 16:5-8 Hymns: “Fairest Lord Jesus,” “For the Fruit of All Creation,” “They’ll Know Christians By Our Love”
Sermon “Of Bread and Stones” given by Dr. Rebecca Blair on February 26, 2023
Matthew 16:24-17:8 Giving up has some different connotations. We give up things we want to get something else. We give things up that aren’t great for us for Lent. We give up and are derided for being quitters, by others or by ourselves. In this passage Jesus asks us to give things up and to take things up. Give up…
Matthew 13:24-43 Parables are Jesus’s way of telling us what we need to know. That doesn’t mean they are our way of hearing what we need to know. Here there are three parables and the disciples want to know the explanation. They ask after the crowds have left and Jesus has gone into the house. They don’t ask about the other…
Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29 Many of these phrases have also worked their way into our common language. Perhaps they have moved so far into our collective consciousness that they are now common sense and not just common phrases. At the same time, we can bristle at this common advice. Judge not is usually an admonishment (and a judgment). The narrow gate comes…
Matthew 6:7-21, 25-34 Here Jesus teaches the disciples how to pray. And we basically pray this prayer each and every week. Some of us say debts, and some say trespasses, some ask to be delivered from evil and others to be spared from trials. Yet we all are praying the prayer that Jesus taught. And for all that we pray it…
Matthew 5:1-20 These is a passage that people know and that they may not know they know. Parts of it have been extracted to become common sayings. Parts of it have made their way into songs. The text in this passage has become embedded in our lives and yet also disconnected from its source in Scripture and from the mouth of…
Matthew 4:1-17 It changes so quickly. Fresh out of the waters, Jesus heads into the wilderness. He fasts for 40 days and 40 nights, echoing back to the exodus. Like those in the exodus, he ends up being hungry. And that is when temptation appears. Temptation appears and invites Jesus to turn stones into bread. Jesus resists. Temptation takes him to…