RSS FeedASCENSION
The Ascension of Jesus is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter Sunday (Acts 1:4). This year it falls on May 18. Because it is always a Thursday it tends to be overlooked and neglected. Yet the Ascension of Jesus is the culmination of his earthly life. It confirms...
MY EASTER TESTIMONY
When I was eleven years old my grandmother died suddenly at the age of fifty nine. Her death was shock to me. I could not understand how a person so vibrant and alive one moment could be gone the next. I can remember seeing her laid out in her coffin in her bedroom...
JESUS DESCENDED TO THE DEAD
In the Apostles’ Creed we affirm that Jesus descended to the dead after his crucifixion. This affirmation in the Creed directs our attention to the period between the death of Jesus and his resurrection. What did he do, and where was he, in the days between noon on...
THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE CROSS
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Cor 1:18) What is the message of the cross? Why is it foolishness to those who are perishing? Why is it the power of God to those who are...
THE LORD’S SUPPER OR HOLY COMMUNION
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is when we commemorate the Last Supper when Jesus ate the Passover with his disciples and instituted for us the remembrance of his coming crucifixion for our salvation. It is good for us to reflect upon the importance and significance...
ROMANS 14-16
LESSON 10 ROMANS 14:1-15:13 Our relationship to the weak: welcoming and not despising, judging or offending them 14:1-15:13 The positive principle (1). The negative consequences (14:2-15:13). It is particularly impressive to see how the apostle buttresses his ethical...
ROMANS 12 – 13
LESSON 9 RELATIONSHIPS ROMANS 12 Our relationship to God 12:1-2 Therefore: “With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him....
HOMILY FOR ED SPROAT
To me Ed Sproat will always be the incarnation of James Arness, Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke and other movies. At six feet seven he stood tall, stood his ground, and was unafraid in the face of opposition and disagreements. On the Governing Board of the Chapel he...
ROMANS 9-11
LESSON 8 ROMANS 9-11 What is the relationship between Jews and Christians? Romans 9 Paul speaks personally about his own grief (9:1-3). He lists their privileges (4,5): He asks himself four questions. Question 1: Has God’s promise failed? (6-13). There are two...
ROMANS 7:1-8:39
LESSON 7 TEMPTATION, SUFFERING & GLORY ROMANS 7:1-8:39 What does it mean when Paul says that we are “not under the law”? Romans 7. Release from the limitations of the law: a marriage metaphor (1-6). A defense of the law: a past experience (7-13). The weakness of...
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