by Mathew Swora | Aug 1, 2017
Matthew 13: 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out...
by Mathew Swora | Aug 1, 2017
“But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had...
by Mathew Swora | Jul 18, 2017
(Mt. 10:4) “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; 25 it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his...
by Mathew Swora | Jul 11, 2017
For some of the thoughts I shared in last Sunday’s message (July 9, 2017) about laments in the Psalms I must, to be fair, credit Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, of Germany in the 1930’s- 40’s. Reacting against Nazi Party pressure on the church, the...
by Mathew Swora | Jul 11, 2017
Psalm 69: 7 It is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face. 8 I have become a stranger to my kindred, an alien to my mother’s children.9 It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; the insults of those who insult you have fallen on...
