Teach us to Pray
What we have just heard from the Scriptures is a very early version of what we no call the Lord’s prayer. When I call us to pray this prayer here at the C...
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Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile....
Putting on the Mantle
In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting the city. Even thou...
How Will You Be Remembered?
On May 5, 1868, The Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, General John A. Logan, published General Order Number 11 that establishe...
That We All May Be One
I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, ar...
Do You Want to be Made Well
During the early morning hours of August 29th, Hurricane Katrina was swirling off the coast of Southern Louisiana. The call to evacuate the lower...
Feed My Lambs
Simon Peter felt like a failure. On the last night of Jesus’ life on earth, Peter made an impossible commitment: “I will never run away and l...
The Entry of the King
There is no doubt in my mind that the consistent message of Jesus was love and doing things for others. There is no doubt in my mind that this message was unco...
The Battle with Temptation
In the previous chapters Luke gave us a glimpse of some of the greatest milestones in the life of Jesus and today’s story is one of the greatest. When Jesus was...
In the Beginning
The beginning of John’s Gospel is of such importance and of such depth of meaning that we must study it almost verse by verse. It is John’s great thought...