This is a sermon given on the narrative in 1 Samuel 4-6 Israel Judged If we are just dropping into the story it may seem confusing as to why God allowed Israel to be judged by being defeated by the Philistines, because in chapter 4 they bring the Ark of the Covenant into their camp […]
Jesus
Disciple, Wash Your Feet!
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had […]
The Words of Jesus
44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I […]
Pastoral Prayer for the Lord’s Day
Pastoral Prayer for the beginning of the corporate worship of Hope Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri on the eighth day of November, the year of our Lord, two thousand twenty: John 6:35 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in […]
Wedding Wine
The following is a very brief homily that I gave at my sister’s wedding. I would now like to say a few brief words about another wedding that took place about 2,000 years ago in Cana of Galilee. This is a wedding which Jesus of Nazareth attended, the account of it found in the second […]