Sermon for November 7, 2021

Paused in time is Luke’s record of Paul during his final years.  It seems that most Jews are at odds with Paul in Rome.  However, the Gentiles, pagans seemed very interested in what he had to say that they went to his rented home to see him under guard.  However, as historians dictate, the number of Christians in Rome during this time is very small.  They are the smallest of minorities and soon they will be persecuted heavily.  Of course, Paul already knew this.

Sermon for October 31, 2021

I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you. You who fear the Lord, praise him!  All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!  For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.  

Sermon for October 24,2021

So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

Sermon for October 17, 2021

Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.  For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.