September 20, 2020 16th Sunday After Pentecost Scripture readings: Exodus 16: 2-15 and Matthew 20: 1-16 Scripture readings: Exodus 16: 2-15 and Matthew 20: 1-16 Whenever we come together to worship our Lord, there are certain things that you expect from me, so… …
September 13, 2020 15th Sunday After Pentecost Scripture reading – Matthew 18: 21-35 (forgiving 77 times) Reading over today’s Scriptures might lend any preacher to begin a sermon series titled, “Jesus…You’ve GOT To Be Kidding.” In it, you might include topical sermons …
August 16, 2020 11th Sunday After Pentecost/20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture – Matthew 15:21-28 There are many, many sides to Jesus Christ – healer, teacher, preacher, savior – just to name a few. However, this particular reading from the Scriptures shows us …
August 12, 2020 Scripture – Matthew 18: 21-22 Theme: Peter asked Jesus how often he should forgive someone. Jesus replied, “70 x 7.” But sometimes when we have to forgive someone, it is almost more than we can bear. Yet …
August 9, 2020 10th Sunday After Pentecost/19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture readings – Matthew 14: 22-33 Throughout my childhood, we would often visit my great-aunt’s house near the University of Texas in Austin. Her house was an old house, where my great-aunt …
August 2, 2020 9th Sunday After Pentecost/18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture readings – Matthew 14: 13-21 When I was a poor college student, back in the 70’s, I lived in the same town as my beloved grandparents. I was often in need …
July 26, 2020 8th Sunday After Pentecost/17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture readings – Matthew 13: 31-35, 44-54 In the somewhat jumbled readings for today, we get a whole list of parables from Jesus that he seemed to have delivered in a single …
July 19, 2020 7th Sunday After Pentecost/16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture reading – Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 This week’s sermon sure does sound a lot like last week’s sermon. Last week, the Scripture was a parable from Jesus about the sower and …
July 12, 2020 6th Sunday After Pentecost/15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture reading – Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 When I was about seven years old, I was playing with my best friend, Jerry, at his house. We got bored – which is never …