Bible Study

Sermon Luke 21:10-19 Interruptions By Pastor Vince Gerhardy Interruptions can be annoying. You are watching a movie on TV and just when the story is getting exciting an advertisement comes on destroying the moment. You decide that it’s about time you replied to the letters that you have received. No sooner do you get started … Continue reading “Luke 21:10-12, 18-19 Interruptions (Gerhardy) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 21:25-36 Out of the Blue By Pastor Steven Molin Wow! Welcome to Advent! You were expecting early news of Christmas and walk smack into “people fainting from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world.” With the Christmas program just a week away, you though you might hear strains of Little … Continue reading “Luke 21:25-36 Out of the Blue (Molin) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 21:25-36 Head’s Up! By The Rev. Dr. David E. Leininger Wait a minute! Christmas is coming. What about Silent night, Holy night, All is calm, All is bright?” Instead we hear “…nations will be in anguish…the roaring and tossing of the sea…People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the … Continue reading “Luke 21:25-36 Head’s Up (Leininger) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 21:25-36 Be Alert 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. Many of you have enjoyed the series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective … Continue reading “Luke 21:25-36 Be Alert (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 21:25-36 Purple Rain, Purple Reign By Dr. Jeffrey K. London In a neighborhood in Baghdad, a child plays on the sidewalk outside of his home when a military convoy drives by. Suddenly a truck explodes. Gunfire breaks out. The child is hit. His body, battered and bleeding, lies on the sidewalk. His mother … Continue reading “Luke 21:25-36 Purple Rain, Purple Reign (London) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 21:25-36 Company’s Coming! By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Given all the other readings, activities and special music in the service today, plus the Sacrament of Holy Communion to come in just a few minutes, I’ll make this brief. I love the service of the hanging of the greens. What a nice way to … Continue reading “Luke 21:25-36 Company’s Coming (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 22:19 Heroes By John R. Wilson It’s still very traditional in most corners of our land that we do observe Remembrance Sunday. We might visit a grave because there are still plenty of servicemen’s graves in our cemeteries, not everyone died abroad. We might go and stand at the Cenotaph. I remember, when … Continue reading “Luke 22:19 Heroes (Wilson) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 22:14-28 Walking in Humility By Dr. Heather Entrekin I got one of those big, colorful brochures for a church leadership conference in the mail recently. It’s a good church and a good conference but I couldn’t help noticing how much the church defines itself and proves its worth by quoting big numbers: 10,000 … Continue reading “Luke 22:14-28 Walking in Humility (Entrekin) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 22:14 – 23:56 The Ultimate Removal from Community By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker There is nothing simple or haphazard about an execution. No detail is left to chance. For example, some years back, one state released an explanation of its plans to build a new execution facility. In this facility, everyone involved in … Continue reading “Luke 23:1-49 The Ultimate Removal from Community (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Luke 19:28-40 & Luke 23:13-21, 32-46 The Agony of Victory, The Triumph of Defeat By Dr. Jeffrey K. London Remember the old ABC show “Wide World of Sports”? I may be dating some of us here, but do you remember how the “Wide World of Sports” began every week? It would start with that … Continue reading “Luke 23:13-46 & 19:28-40, The Agony of Victory/The Triumph of Defeat (London) – Bible study”