Gospels We’ve been looking at encounters with Jesus over this period of Lent. We started with the Widow of Nain whose dead son Jesus raised to life. We followed with John’s disciples who came to Jesus asking if he was the Messiah. Then came the paralytic whose four friends carried him to Jesus; Simon the [...]
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Mark 9:2-8 A man visited his friend who had just started as pastor of a church and realized that the acoustics for worship would be much improved if the piano was moved from the left side of the pulpit to the right. He suggested this but the pastor had talked with the elders and realized [...]
Luke 4:14-21, Mark 10:46-52, Luke 19:1-10 Imagine the scene. It’s Saturday, time to go to the synagogue for the weekly service. You step in and there is a bit of a buzz. “Did you see who’s come back? It’s Jesus, Mary’s son. I hear he has been teaching in synagogues all over the place. Everyone [...]
Mark 4:26-29 I have been delighted at the response to my sermon last week. If you were not here, I talked about the need to have a devoted time to be with God each day. This may not sound new or different, but I shared from the weakness in my life and encouraged people to [...]
Mark 13:28-36 II Peter 3:3-14 One of the popular Christmas songs in the US is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Oh! You’d better watch out, You’d better not cry, You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town! He’s making a list, He’s checking it twice, He’s gonna find [...]
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