TWO KINDS OF WISDOM

A sermon for September 20, 2015 James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it...

FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SUNDAY: PSALM 19

PSALM 19 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice goes out...

THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF JESUS: Mark 7: 31-37

Mark 7: 31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand...

THE RIGHT WEAPONS FOR THE RIGHT WAR

Ephesians 6: 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the...

CONFESSION TIME: A BOOK REPORT

I confess: I’ve been reading The Confessions this summer, by St. Augustine. Yes, that Augustine,, the 4th -5th Century bishop of Roman North Africa, to whom are credited such discredited doctrines (by Anabaptists at least) as the just war theory, the right of the...