Recent Publications
“Real Life”
In our Fuel services, we are following the topic of “uncomfortable” and how following Jesus is not a call to a comfortable lifestyle. Matthew 16: 24 – “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,… more »
“Giving to God what is God’s”
The Gospels for the current Sundays in the Church Year come from Matthew – today, Matthew 22: 15 – 22, where Jesus is asked the tricky question of paying taxes to Rome. He concludes this exchange with the Pharisees with the words: “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” You… more »
“Come to the Feast”
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.” These are words from the Gospel Lesson for today – Matthew 22: 1 – 14 – the story of the wedding feast, which I am using as the basis for my message today. Does your family still have meals… more »
“Trusted Tenants”
The story of the tenants in the vineyard, Matthew 21: 33 – 46, is the Gospel Lesson for this Sunday. My address today is based on some of the verses from this story: ‘The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. And when they saw the son of the… more »