Sermon

Returning Home

Remember the song “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree about a man returning home from prison? Returning home after a long absence is always a a stressful time. Imagine the return of the Prodigal Son. How would he be received? One of the best known of all of Jesus’ parables is the […]

02 March, 2016
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A Story of Grace

Humans are good Deuteronomists. If you do good, good things will happen. If you do bad, bad things will happen. That seems to be the theme of a great deal of TV religion. When disaster strikes it is so easy to attribute it to the judgment of God. How would Jesus respond? When Katrina […]

28 February, 2016
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A Relentless God

If you mention Handel’s Messiah, there are two pieces that immediately come to mind–the Hallelujah Chorus and the Amen Chorus. One that sticks in my mind is “all we like sheep have gone astray.” It’s such a joyful piece. “Wow! Look at us. We’ve gone astray.” I

24 February, 2016
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Jerusalem: The Holy City

Jerusalem has been destroyed twice—once by the Babylonians and once by the Romans—It has been besieged 23 times; attacked 52 times; captured and recaptured 44 times; and yet it still stands. God hasn’t given up on Jerusalem. For all the scars it bears, for all of the faults it has known, it is still a […]