This is it. Thirty-three years of Jesus’ life has led up to this moment. We’ve covered the life of Jesus, as told in the Gospel of Luke, through our sermon series which began on November 30, 2014, with Luke chapter 1. Nearly 70 sermons later, we have 7 left. After learning about his birth andContinue reading “The beginning of the end for Jesus”
Monthly Archives: April 2016
What future societies might say about American Christians in 2016
Imagine people 2000 years from now studying Christianity. What would they say about us? What is important to us? They would have to conclude that buildings are very important to us, and what happens in those buildings on Sunday mornings is also very important to us. Take away the building and Sunday morning, and someContinue reading “What future societies might say about American Christians in 2016”
Could Lancaster County Tourism Destroy our church?*
Imagine this scenario with me: we receive a disturbing letter in the mail. And by “we”, I mean Faith Church. Say it is a letter from a joint meeting of the Lancaster County Planning Commission and the East Lampeter Township Supervisors. The letter details how they have been studying traffic flow on our road, OldContinue reading “Could Lancaster County Tourism Destroy our church?*”
Angry about taxes or money? How a widow can help!
Last week we looked at Jesus’ comment “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God was is God’s.” How many of you gave money unto “Caesar” this week as you filed your taxes? Michelle and I did. It is almost always an agonizing process for me. When I work on taxes, I couldContinue reading “Angry about taxes or money? How a widow can help!”
How to handle confrontation
Spies, taxes, a woman with seven husbands, and the most intelligent man in the world. That pretty much sums up the next story in our ongoing series on Luke’s Gospel, which you can read about in Luke 20:20-40. In the story, Jesus is in the final days of his life, and he has bunkered downContinue reading “How to handle confrontation”
Spies, Taxes, a woman with 7 husbands & the most intelligent man who ever lived
The most intelligent person who ever lived? Albert Einstein? Marilyn vos Savant? King Solomon? Leonardo Da Vinci? Stephen Hawking? Shakespeare? Newton? Mozart? Marie Curie? I researched a bunch of “Most Intelligent People in the History of the World” lists, and there are plenty more candidates. There are lots of opinions as to who should beContinue reading “Spies, Taxes, a woman with 7 husbands & the most intelligent man who ever lived”
How Jesus can help you get out of a lose-lose situation – Luke 20:1-18
One of our Faith Church members who is in the military responded to my Facebook question asking if people have ever been in a lose-lose situation. She said this: “In 2011 I was finishing my language training with the military. Half way through we take an exam to see our progress. The problem is thatContinue reading “How Jesus can help you get out of a lose-lose situation – Luke 20:1-18”
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