Easter 4 Good Shepherd “The word of the LORD came to me: Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them– to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves … [Read more…]
Easter 2 John 20 I was reading the bishop of Durham, N.T. Wright’s (whose works you ought to be familiar with), opening comments to his Easter sermon last Sunday. He mentioned the shopkeeper in England who said Easter eggs were there to commemorate the birth of Jesus. He also mentions how little the average person … [Read more…]
Indifference is Rejection Palm Sunday 2007 A little boy was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from church with his mother. His father returned from church holding a palm branch. The little boy was curious and asked, “Why do you have that palm branch, dad?” “You see, when Jesus came into town, everyone waved … [Read more…]
Lent 5 Luke 20:9-19 “Jesus looked at them and said, “What then does this text mean: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” When the scribes and chief priests realized that he … [Read more…]