The message of Good Friday is that Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God died for the sins of the world. All transgressions have been paid for by Jesus, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. The message of Easter is of Life in the Resurrection of the crucified Son of the Living God.
This has been the hope that God’s people have always had, believed and confessed. …For more, click on the title above.
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The blood of the Lamb
Thousands upon thousands of lambs—buckets upon buckets of blood—this is the history of the Passover. Long ago, in the land of Egypt, in a land of exile, in a land of slavery, the Israelites suffered under the iron fist of Pharaoh.
This line of pharaohs had forgotten the saving work of Joseph and how he had delivered Egypt from the devastating famine. They had enslaved the Hebrew people to do the pharaohs’ manual labor—to build their cities and erect their monuments. …For more, click on the title above.
‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?’
That brings us to our theme verse for this evening’s meditation on “Why Easter?” “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
What a mournful, pitiable, anguished cry! Forsaken by God. I looked up the definition of the word forsaken: To forsake another person is to leave them entirely, usually in a moment of need. Another definition for this transliteration of the Aramaic into Greek is abandonment—to leave, or renounce someone. …For more, click on the title above.
It’s all about the Word
Our text this evening is from the Gospel of St. Luke is commonly called the Parable of the Sower. This is actually a parable about four different kinds of dirt, or soil. The emphasis is not on the Sower at all but on the different kinds of soil into which the Sower’s seed falls.
To put it another way, this is not a parable about the preacher, it’s about the hearers. …For more, click on the title above.
Showing His holiness
We only understand the events of the Transfiguration when we keep in mind what happened 6 days prior…
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Transfigured in glory
This morning the questions we will consider, along with the basic, “What does this mean?” are: What does it mean for you? And specific to our Gospel text, what does it mean that the voice of God the Father speaks from the glory and says, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
We’ll answer these questions this morning following the outline of the Collect of the day. …For more, click on the title above.
Presentation of Our Lord
The church treasures the past because it is only in looking at the past that she views her future.
As the church moves forward she always does so facing backward. Not face- first, but back-first, she marches onward toward the Omega, the final goal of her existence.
We don’t do this because we liked it better in the years gone by, nor because we long for the “good old days,” nor, because we are afraid of the future.
Because with God as our Protector we need not fear any adversary.
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The house of God
In our Old Testament lesson we hear about the great King David. He has accomplished much in his 30 some years as the King, first of Judah and then all of Israel. Led by God, David had defeated the Philistines and the Ammonites and was now settled in a palace within the walls of Jerusalem, or, as it was then called, the City of David.
Some might be satisfied with their accomplishments and be willing to sit back and bask in the luxury and glory of their palace. But David knew that all of what he had was accomplished through the Lord and he was compelled to give honor to God. The way he decided to do this was by building a house for the Lord….For more, click on the title above.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
A new day dawns every morning. The sun comes up whether we like it or not.
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Why Christmas? – Adam
“What is Christmas?” and this is a little take off on the previous sentiment of putting “Christ” back in Christmas. How about we remember the second part of that compound Old English word – Cristes mæsse. Let’s not take the Mass out of Christmas.
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