Holy City

Download a PDF of this text Texts on Pentecost Sunday, May 30, 2004      Acts 2: 1-18; Revelation 21 & 22 (selections) When at the Pentecost outpouring of Spirit, Peter hears that cynical accusation— They’re all drunk! —he instantly, ardently, powerfully charges...

“Why Not to All the People?”

Texts on Easter Sunday, April 11, 2004Matthew 28: 1-20; Acts 10: 34-43 “God allowed him to appear, not to all, but to us who were chosen” It doesn’t seem quite fair of God to allow the risen Lord to appear only to some, but not to all. If everyone who believes in...

The End of the Passion of Christ

Text on the Second Sunday in Lent, March 7, 2004     Luke 13: 31-35 What is the point of the passion of Christ? (The real one, not the film.) What is God’s end, or purpose? To say “to save the world” begs the question, how that man’s...

Set Up Waymarks For Yourself

November 16, 2003Readings: Jeremiah 31: 16-21 & Philippians 3: 10-21 But this, this! Forgetting the things which are behind and straining forward to the things before, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. How do you...

The Miser’s Misery & the Giver’s Gift

November 9, 2003Readings: Romans 12: 1-11 & Luke 12: 16-21                                                                                                                                                                              Download a PDF of this text...