Bible Study

Sermon Luke 12:32-40 Fear Not By The Rev. Dr. James D. Kegel I have never met a worry I did not like. I am surprised I survived child-rearing. I was sure that when our daughter Mary was five and I could not find her at Marshall Field’s in Chicago, that she had been abducted. I … Continue reading “Luke 12:32-40 Fear Not (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 12:49-56 Flashing Yellow Lights By Pastor Steven Molin Dear friends in Christ, grace, mercy and peace, from God our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. What if you woke up one day, and everything you said and did was out of character for you? You get out of … Continue reading “Luke 12:49-56 Flashing Yellow Lights (Molin) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 12:49-56 A Strange Sort of Peace By Pastor Steven Molin Dear friends in Christ, grace, mercy and peace, from God our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. You only hear the things you want to hear! It was a comment my mother made to me many times in … Continue reading “Luke 12:49-56 A Strange Sort of Peace (Molin) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 12:49-52 Not Peace but Division By Pastor Vince Gerhardy Did you hear what Jesus is saying in today’s gospel reading. “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled…. Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather … Continue reading “Luke 12:49-52 Not Peace but Division (Gerhardy) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 13:1-5 When Bad Things Happen By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Why do bad things happen to good people? Folks like us have been asking that question since the beginning of time. The ancient Hebrews were enslaved in Egypt for over 400 years. The early Christians were persecuted and martyred. Naturally, they wondered why … Continue reading “Luke 13:1-5 When Bad Things Happen to Good People (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 13:1-9 Whose Fault Is It Anyway? By The Rev. Dr. James D. Kegel MAY THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATIONS OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER, AMEN. If today is your birthday, your horoscope reads: “Creative endeavors are starred for you in … Continue reading “Luke 13:1-9 Whose Fault Is It Anyway? (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 13:1-9 Telling the Truth By Dr. Heather Entrekin Ever heard of Britney Spears? How about Anna Nichole Smith? Lisa Nowak? These are two celebrities and an astronaut whose lives these days, I think most would agree, are disasters. In the case of Anna Nichole Smith, we would have to put it in the … Continue reading “Luke 13:1-9 Telling the Truth (Entrekin) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 13:1-9 Truth that Leads to Change By Dr. Philip W. McLarty We’re approaching the halfway point of our Lenten journey. The hazy, lazy days of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee are quickly beginning to pale under the shadow of the Cross looming before us. The gospel lesson today reads like a freeze-frame of Jesus-in-motion. … Continue reading “Luke 13:1-9 Truth that Leads to Change (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 13:1-9 Our Way or Yahweh By Dr. Jeffrey K. London God’s ways are not our ways. God speaks through the prophet Isaiah and tells us as much when He says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways… For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are … Continue reading “Luke 13:1-9, Our Way or Yahweh (London) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 13:6-9 Another Year of Grace By Pastor Vince Gerhardy Another year has almost gone and we are on the brink of another! What kind of a year has 2006 been for you? Where would you place it on a scale of 1 10? Maybe you would give 2006 an 8 or 9 out … Continue reading “Luke 13:6-9 Another Year of Grace (Gerhardy) – Bible study”