"wisdom" Tagged Sermons (Page 3)
Hope Renewed For Us All: Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday: March 28, 2021 Year B: Mark 11:1-11 (Liturgy of the Palms); Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ With so much going on in the world, some might think it seems silly to insist on giving so much time and energy to the religious observance of Holy Week. This is especially true when one considers that so…
Listen For His Voice: Lent 5
The Fifth Sunday In Lent: March 21, 2021 Year B: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-13; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is Jesus’ final public speech. It is Passover; Jerusalem is full of people who had gathered to celebrate the festival. Among those were Greeks who were among people who would be called “God-Fearers”. God-fearers were people who were attracted to Judaism…
God Loves Us Without Bounds: Lent 4
The Fourth Sunday In Lent: March 14, 2021 Year B: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” I imagine that there are some who find this…
Do We Have Our Priorities Right? Lent 3
The Third Sunday In Lent: March 7, 2021 Year B: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” I imagine that there are some who find this…
Lent Helps Us Remember: Lent 2
The Second Sunday In Lent: February 28, 2021 Year B: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:22-30; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Spiritual Communion service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Perhaps it’s a bit irreverent, but I have this mental picture of the disciples. It’s several years after Jesus’ death and resurrection. The disciples are together. They are talking about the good old days, reminiscing the way friends who have shared…
Listen For God’s Voice: Last Sunday After Epiphany
The Last sunday AFter Epiphany: February 14, 2021 Year B: 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “And after six days Jesus takes Peter and James and John and privately leads them up alone to a high mountain.” That’s the first verse of today’s Gospel in A Translation: The New Testament by David Bentley Hart. It sounds…
Faith Leads To Wisdom: Epiphany 4
The Fourth sunday AFter Epiphany: January 31, 2021 Year B:Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 CLICK HERE to view the video recording of this Morning Prayer service and sermon on Facebook. Available service bulletins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In today’s Psalm we hear: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”[1] Over the years, I’ve have many discussion about exactly what the phrase, “the fear of the Lord” means. And it something important, surely, because it appears in…