‘The clouds gather’ (Sermon for Jan. 7, 2024)
The accounts of Jesus’s birth speak of him coming to save the whole world, but are deeply within the Jewish tradition in terms of his background, the prophesies foretelling the birth, and the accounts of his birth and earliest childhood. […]
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‘Giving gifts’ (Sermon for Dec. 31, 2023)
Luke 2:22-40 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male […]
Continue readingGod is patient (Dec. 10 sermon)
2 Peter 3:8-15a 8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand […]
Continue readingGod is righteous (Dec. 3 sermon)
This sermon will be presented, and Communion celebrated, at Forest Park Methodist Church only. China Methodist Church will have a Hanging of the Greens service. Isaiah 64:1-9 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that […]
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Be giving (Nov. 26 sermon)
Matthew 25:31-46 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a […]
Continue readingBe faithful (Nov. 19 sermon)
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 5 But as to the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When […]
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