Free from Bondage

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Luke 13:10-17  Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.  And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had

Ultimate Concerns

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 12:49-56  I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be

Treasure in Heaven

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 12:32-40 Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven…. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be

Risen

Easter Sunday Luke 24:1-12  The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the

Truth Revealed

Transfiguration Sunday Luke 9:28-36 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while

Unconventional Truth

Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany Luke 6:27-38  But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of

Upside-Down Truth

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany Luke 6:17-26 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.”  This

Getting Personal

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany I am honored and humbled to stand here before you today in this pulpit where so many great preachers have stood. Although I have stood here

Threatened by the Truth

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Luke 4:21-30 Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” All spoke well of him and were

Preaching the Truth

Third Sunday after the Epiphany Luke 4:14-21 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his