Bible Study

Sermon Luke 16:19-31 Redeem the Present, Insure the Future By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Sometimes we come across a statement that jumps out at us as a deep and obvious truth. That happened to me recently as I read the folder about our diocese’s Grassroots Outreach and Development Fund, better known as the G.O.D. Fund. … Continue reading “Luke 16:19-31 Redeem the Present, Insure the Future (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 16:19-31 Have You Heard about These Two Guys? 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. Have you heard the one about the 80 year old husband and wife, who both died at the very … Continue reading “Luke 16:19-31 Have You Heard About These Two Guys? (Molin) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 17:5-6 Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed By Pastor Vince Gerhardy A small congregation built a new church on a piece of land left to them by a church member. Ten days before the new church was to open, the local building inspector informed the pastor that unless the number of parking … Continue reading “Luke 17:5-6 Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed (Gerhardy) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 17:5-10 Warm Hearts, Calloused Hands 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. In his book The Kingdom of God is a Party!, author and pastor Tony Campolo tells the story of the time he … Continue reading “Luke 17:5-10 Warm Hearts, Calloused Hands (Molin) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 17:5-10 More Faith By The Rev. Dr. James D. Kegel GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. Billy Graham went to see President Dwight Eisenhower in Walter Read Hospital when he was on his deathbed. After their visit, Dr. Graham started to leave … Continue reading “Luke 17:5-10 More Faith (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 17:11-19 Attitude of Gratitude By The Rev. Dr. James D. Kegel GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. The Aztec sun god was a horrible deity. In order to rise in the morning and give light to the world, to make crops grow, … Continue reading “Luke 17:11-19 Attitude of Gratitude (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon Don’t Forget to Say Thank You! By Dr. Philip W. McLarty The story of the ten lepers is a testimony to the healing power of Jesus Christ. But it’s more than that. It’s a witness of gratitude from a condemned man who was brought from death to life. This is what sets the story … Continue reading “Luke 17:11-19 Don’t Forget to Say Thank You! (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 17:11-19 Dead Men Walking! By Pastor Vince Gerhardy Who is this man? He lived from 1865 to 1936. He was English, born in Bombay, India. He wrote poetry and is the author of books like Captain Courageous, How the Leopard Got His Spots, and the Jungle Books. If you guessed Rudyard Kipling then … Continue reading “Luke 17:11-19 Dead Men Walking! (Gerhardy) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 17:11-19 Returning Thankfully By Richard Niell Donovan Imagine what it must have been like to be a Samaritan leper. The Israelites treated Samaritans as outcasts: Samaritans worshiped God in Shechem rather than Jerusalem. Samaritans had their own version of the Bible. It’s easier to tolerate someone who is very different from you than … Continue reading “Luke 17:11-19 Returning Thankfully (Donovan) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 17:11-19 Writing Your Thank You Notes By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker When I was growing up, something my family insisted on was that I write thank you notes for gifts I received for my birthday, Christmas, and other occasions. I did not find doing this easy. Oh, once I sat down and began … Continue reading “Luke 17:11-19 Writing Your Thank You Notes (Hoffacker) – Bible study”