“This is My Son, Ishmael” – The Third Sunday in Advent

December 14, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ,   Have you heard of “Tiger Moms”? They are mothers who push their children to attain high levels of academic achievement. How about “Helicopter Parents” who…
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Passage: Genesis 16:1-16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!” But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her. The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction. He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.” And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

“This Is My Son, Cain” – The 2nd Sunday in Advent

December 7, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ Jesus,   When parents find out that they are expecting a child, many more hopes and expectations come along with that discovery. Parents begin dreaming about…
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Passage: Genesis 4:1-16 4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. 6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” 8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. 11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

“The Days of Noah” – The First Sunday in Advent

November 30, 2025
In today’s Gospel, our Lord tells us that He's coming to judge, and you don't know when it's going to be. However, in this text Jesus tells you how it's…
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Passage: Matthew 24:37-44 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days on Noah, so will be the coming of the So of Man.” Dear Friends in Christ,

“The Biggest Loser” – The Last Sunday of the Church Year

November 23, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ,   “Save Yourself!” The challenge is hurled at Jesus again and again while He’s dying. To the cries of the rulers, the soldiers and the robber…
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Passage: Luke 23:35-39 “And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at Him, saying, ‘He saved others; let Him save Himself, if He is the Christ of God, His Chosen One!’ The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up and offering Him sour wine and saying, ‘If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!’ There was also an inscription over Him, ‘This is the King of the Jews.’ One of the criminals who were hanged railed at Him, saying, ‘Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!’”

“The Day Is Coming” – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost; 2nd Last Sunday in the Church Year

November 16, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ   “The Day Is Coming.” “The Day Is Surely Drawing Near.” What day am I talking about? Halloween? No, while that day was long anticipated, it’s…
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Passage: Malachi 4:1-6 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” - Malachi 4:1

“I AM Sent Me To You” – The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

November 9, 2025
Dear friends in Christ Jesus,   One day, as Moses, the shepherd of sheep, was about his vocation, he beholds a great sight - a flame of fire in the…
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Passage: Exodus 3:14-15 "When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, ‘What is His name?' what shall I say to them?"

“Who Are These?” – All Saints Day (Observed)

November 2, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ:   Who are these? We have the description throughout our text, and it’s all good.   They make up a great multitude that no one can…
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Passage: Revelation 7:9-17 The Word of the Lord from Revelation 7: “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”

“Wrestling with God” – The 19th Sunday after Pentecost

October 19, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ Jesus,   I think that most of us gathered here recognize that something gained by hard work and earned through a struggle is an accomplishment that…
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Passage: Genesis 32 22-32 “The same night he (Jacob) arose and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.”
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