Third Sunday of Advent Pearl Harbor Day Today’s Sermon: “Amazing Discipleship!” John 5: 19-29 19 Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. 20The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is…
Please take some time to reflect on the first six chapters of the Gospel of John as we prepare our hearts for worship tomorrow. Our Sunday worship will focus on John 5:16-30, Amazing Discipleship! You might want to read about the authority of the Lord and the power to bring life out of death.
Were you with us on Celebration Sunday for the Amazed by God campaign? If so, you might remember hearing Luke’s version of the feeding of the 5000. You might want to look back at Luke’s version in chapter nine so you can compare it with what you just read in the Gospel of John. In John’s account we meet a young boy…
Be sure to join us tonight for an Advent Conversation in the Fellowship Hall. Be sure to join us today at 2 pm or tonight at 6 pm for an Advent Conversation in the Fellowship Hall. For the evening session there will be a family friendly light meal will be served beginning at 5:15 with a teaching time from 6:00 to 7:00. Please…
Have any babies been born into your family lately? Did the family gather to talk about potential names for the newborn? Every time a child (male or female) is born in our family, I make a pitch for the name to be something simple like Randall William. But no one ever agrees with me! I do know that good biblical names are…
The Gospel of John primarily represents a description of the life of Jesus during his final experience in the city of Jerusalem. The other Gospel accounts (Matthew-Mark-Luke) provide insights into a broader life journey of Jesus. As a result, the setting for today’s reading is in the temple of Jerusalem where Jesus expresses his anger at the way the temple is being…
Monday-World AIDS Day John 1: 1-18 “In the (genesis) beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” That is the beautiful poetic form that opens the Gospel of John. With those graceful words the Gospel account invites us to explore the heart of God and to find Jesus, the Son. During the season of Advent…
First Sunday of Advent Today’s Sermon: “Incredible Grace” John 1:1-14 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4in him was life,* and the life…
Dear Friends: I am always excited about the arrival of Advent. The First Sunday of the Advent Season always means that the Thanksgiving Table has been shared and now we are beginning to draw a focus on the celebration Christmas. But Christmas never arrives full blown and freshly formed. There is a process and a sequence of events that allow us to…