by wpbuffs | Jul 19, 2021 | Essentials-Sermons
RCL Year B: September 5, 2021 15th Sunday after Pentecost Lectionary Texts Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 and Psalm 125 Isaiah 35:4-7a and Psalm 146 James 2:1-17 Mark 7:24-37 Highlighted Text: James 2:1-17 Summary of the Text Often we come to scripture passages that...
by admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Essentials-Sermons
Sermon Quotes Western Culture J. Todd Billings Our culture often suggests that we are “entitled” to a long, fulfilling life, and if that doesn’t happen, there must be someone to sue, someone to blame. When the word “cancer” is spoken, looking to the future reveals...
by wpbuffs | Jul 9, 2021 | Essentials-Sermons
RCL Year B: 14th Sunday After Pentecost: Lectionary Texts Song of Solomon 2:8-13 and Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 and Psalm 15 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Highlighted Text: : James 1:17-27 Summary of the Text James, the brother of Jesus, the...
by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Essentials-Sermons
Sermon illustrations Carrying Your Cross The Long Lesson of Our Mortal Lives Cross-bearing is the long lesson of our mortal life. It is a part of God’s salvation, called sanctification. It is a lesson set before us every moment of every day.” “If life were an art...
by wpbuffs | Jul 5, 2021 | Essentials-Sermons
RCL Year B: 12th Sunday After Pentecost Lectionary Texts 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14; Psalm 111 Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:9-14 John 6:51-58 Highlighted Text: Ephesians 5:15-20 Summary of the Text As a child, I was attracted to the dark recesses of my neighborhood. I was...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Essentials-Sermons
Sermon Quotes Isolation G.K. Chesterton Through all this ordeal his root horror had been isolation, and there are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematicians that four is twice two. But two is not twice...
