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A Palm Sunday Story
The Easter story and the Easter news, if you remember, begin very early one morning when a messenger tells the women by the empty tomb not to cry because Jesus isn’t there — he is already on his way to...
Read MoreWrong Expectations – A Palm Sunday Theme
Psalm 118:14-29; Mark 11:1-11 Our Lenten journey continues –in a few more days Jesus and his disciples will arrive in the Holy City to celebrate Passover. But Jesus is not an ordinary visitor, which explains the way he will be...
Read MoreStruck Down But Not Defeated
Acts 16:5-15; John 16:16-22 Our Lenten journey with Jesus continues – in two more weeks, on Palm Sunday, we’ll arrive to Jerusalem. Our Easter Cantata that Sunday will remind us of the welcoming, cheerful multitude along the main road. Now,...
Read MoreParty Crashers
1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Luke 7:36-50 One day while Jesus was going from place-to-place healing, teaching, and befriending people from all ways of life, a man named Simon the Pharisee hosted a very special dinner in his own courtyard. His...
Read MoreMore Religious, or More Humane?
Jeremiah 8:18-22; Luke 6:1-11 Like most nations on earth, Israel at times experienced very harsh days and suffering, and when that happened, the Biblical prophets blamed idolatry and unfaithfulness. We don’t talk much about idolatry and unfaithfulness, let alone...
Read MoreTesting, Testing, Testing Jesus!
Philippians 2:5-8; Matthew 4:1-11 The famous French philosopher René Descartes once said, “I think; therefore, I exist.” I’d rather say, “I’m tempted; therefore, I exist.” I am tempted, you are tempted, he or she is tempted, we all are...
Read MoreTransfiguration Sunday – Time to climb down!
Philippians 2:1-8; Mark 9:2-9 Many years ago in Los Angeles, a man was arraigned for murder. Since his case was a very difficult one, with a lot of circumstantial evidence, his defense lawyer devised an ingenious ploy to move the...
Read MoreWesley’s Covenant Renewal
WHAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY In his journal entry for August 6, 1755, John Wesley, a minister of the Church of England and the founder of the Methodist movement, wrote: I mentioned to the congregation another means of increasing serious religion,...
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