Navigating Difficult Waters: A sermon based on Romans 1:18-32
There are undoubtedly two verses that stood out for all of us as we heard this passage — verses 26-27, what Paul says about homosexual intercourse. I think that I can safely speak for nearly everyone here and say that these verses raise concerns. Yet the challenge is that the concerns each of us have about this passage are likely to be quite different from one another. Some here may experience same-sex attraction and be concerned that God is condemning you. Some know and
The Gospel of King Jesus: A sermon based on Romans 1:1-18
Who is Jesus and what does he have to do with the God of Israel? Let’s not be too quick to answer that question. Sometimes being able to quickly answer a question has drawbacks. It could means that we are no longer reflecting deeply on what the question is asking. There are many off the cuff answers we can give to the question of “Who is Jesus and what does he have to do with the God of Israel and its a question that every one who follows Jesus should be able to answer. W
Thanks be to God? A sermon based on Acts 4:32-5:11
Did you mean it? I just read about the capital punishment of two individuals, said “This is the Word of the Lord,” and you responded “Thanks be to God. Did you mean it? This story doesn’t end with happily ever after. No, rather we have two dead bodies on our hands. Their obituary would read, Sunday, July 21, Ananias and Sapphira, struck dead by God.” That’s a pretty rough obituary. I hope that my obituary would read something like “Joe Ellis died valiantly, rescuing hi
