by Mathew Swora | Feb 28, 2015
A source of ongoing inspiration for me each week are the church cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. There are usually several for each Sunday of the church calendar, composed over his many years of service in Weimar and Leipzig, Germany. Very few cantatas, however,...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 24, 2015
This morning’s news carried the heart-wrenching news of another attack of Islamic militants against Christians of the ancient churches of the Middle East. The church being targeted is the Assyrian Orthodox Church, whose roots go back to the Jewish community of the...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 24, 2015
Genesis 9: 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 20, 2015
Mark 9: 1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 10, 2015
(A message delivered on Sunday, February 8, 2015) You’re here today for an historic event. Never before have I preached from the Song of Solomon. I wonder if anyone else has from this pulpit. I hope so, but that would be unique throughout our churches. I also wonder...
