John 6.22-35 I received a phone call this week from someone I have known since she was born. She is from here but has lived away for many years. She started the conversation by reminding me that she grew up going to church and then added that she has not gone to church since she … [Read more…]
Isaiah 40 Before we left with the youth for Columbus, OH for the General Assembly, I did a sermon series asking, “Who Are We?” Who are we as members and guests of Providence Christian Church, as Disciples of Christ, as followers of Christ – 2000 years after Jesus walked the earth? Who are we as … [Read more…]
2 Corinthians 6.1-13 “Now is the acceptable time, see now is the day of salvation!” This section of 2 Corinthians is not as beautiful or powerful as some of the preceding sections that we have looked the past few weeks but it shows Paul’s passion and determination to lead this new church that he started … [Read more…]
Mark 16:1-8 This is it! This is what we are all about – this is why we come together each week to worship, why we gather to study the Bible, why we have youth group and a food pantry, why we have this building, why we are committed to 200 more years for Providence Christian … [Read more…]
Saturday Last Sunday we remembered the Last day of Jesus’ life – Friday. We remembered that “It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him….And with him they crucified two bandits, one on his right and one on his left.” We remembered that “At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, … [Read more…]
Friday of the Last Week Today we will look at Friday of the Last Week of Jesus’ life, the day of his death. Greek Christians call it – “The Holy and Great Friday,” Germans – “Sorrowful Friday,” and for some reason, we have come to call it – “Good Friday.” Jesus was executed on a … [Read more…]
Mark 14.1-11 It is Wednesday the Last Week of Jesus’ life and the day’s activities point us to both the cross and the empty tomb, to darkness and light, to death and resurrection. Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on Sunday in a protest march of sorts. He spent the beginning of the week at the Temple … [Read more…]
Mark 11.20-13.37 AUDIO: It’s the Last week of Jesus’ life and Tuesday was a long day – or at least a lot happened that day. But let’s quickly review what has already happened. On Sunday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey to the cheers of peasants yelling, Hosanna while waving Palm branches. On … [Read more…]
Mark 11. 1-11 AUDIO: Several years ago, on Ash Wednesday, Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of the Christ was released and was a big hit. Almost 2,000 years after it happened, the death of Jesus was once again front page news. The movie was controversial – some loved it and others were disturbed by … [Read more…]
Jonah 3.10-4.11 Imagine with me for a minute. Think of a place that you do not like. Maybe it is Las Vegas, maybe Duke, maybe somewhere that you have very negative memories or someplace that you hope to never go. Now think of people that you do not like, maybe it is a group from … [Read more…]
