Luke 2:33-40: A Sword Will Pierce Your Soul, O Mary

A maiden mother brings God, pulsing with blood and moving with muscle, into this world.  From her womb, the Lord formed for Himself a human frame.  More than any other […]

Exodus 40:17-21,34-38; John 1:14: Christmas Day

To free His people from slavery, God gives them His Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  Every year after, so these reclaimed of God don’t forget, He tells them […]

Luke 2:1-20: Christmas Eve

With all the pandemonium and turmoil, no worse time can come for a holy birth.  Think of the upheaval a census will cause throughout the Roman world.  Every person not […]

The Surprises in Jesus’ Genealogy: Ruth

Now, we reach the midpoint of the five women Matthew includes in Jesus’ ancestry.  The first, Tamar, lived during the period of the patriarchs.  The second, Rahab, in the time […]

Advent Series: The Surprises in Jesus’ Genealogy: Rahab

Like Tamar last week, the second woman in Matthew’s ancestry of Jesus will also raise some eyebrows.  Here is how Matthew introduces her, “Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab” (Matthew 1:5).  […]

Advent Series: The Surprises in Jesus’ Genealogy: Tamar

An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.  From Abraham to David: Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and […]

The Theology of Suffering (Bad Things Happening to Good People)

This is the Sunday School Lesson for Dec 2, 2018, changed because of events in the life of our congregation.  The only difference from this and the lesson used is […]

A “Onesie” Sunday School Lesson on Bad Things Happening to Good People

Early Saturday morning, a tree fell in our pastor’s yard, only a few feet away from crushing him and part of his house.  a minute later, our church building suffered […]

Church to meet in the multipurpose building on December 2

Because of wind damage, Church will meet in the multipurpose building on Dec 2.  The older structure of our facility is still declared unsafe.  All are to enter through the […]

Psalm 103: Thanksgiving

My soul, bless the Lord; all my inmost being, praise His holy name.  Praise the Lord and do not forget all His benefits.  Oh, if only, if every wish of […]