Tag: Sermon

Just like last week we need to back up a few verses to put this passage in the proper context.  Starting with verse 21 Peter asks Jesus how many times we are to...

The Gospel of Matthew 17:14-23 At that time, a man came up to Him and kneeling before Him said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he...

The Gospel of Matthew 14:14-22 At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples ...

These last few weeks the news has been filled with tragic circumstances.  Not that the news is not always, or perhaps it just seems that way, filled with bad ne...

Since Easter, each day, we have been reading from the book of Acts.  I have said before that it is called the book of Acts, or Actions, not the book of sitting ...

For me, the day after Easter is a lot like the day after Christmas, lots to clean up.  Our modern culture tends to treat these big holidays as one-day events an...

In previous essays, I asked you, dear readers, to meditate on the cost of the cross.  The cross of Jesus had a cost, and each of us must think about what that c...

For most of you reading this, okay probably all of you reading this, this Sunday will be Easter.  On this, we celebrate the reality that the grave could not hol...