First Mennonite Church December 14, 2014 Longing for a Day of Consolation Text: Luke 2: 22-35 This passage presents a beautiful picture of how human lives intersect. This passage is a portrait in which heaven and earth meet and more specifically it is a picture in which God meets mankind. In this picture we see … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church December 7, 2014 A Time To Be Silent Text: Luke 1: 5-25 There are various aspects about the lives of Zechariah and Elizabeth that are exemplary and worthy to imitate. Imagine a couple who had grown old together and who had worshipped in their local synagogue. Both of them came from a … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 30, 2014 “Joseph: His Practice of Righteousness” Text: Matthew 1:18-25 In the following Sundays leading to our Christmas Sunday, December 21, I want us to reflect on the special traits of those persons mentioned in the story of the birth of Jesus. We will be looking at the lives of certain … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 23, 2014 Sacrifice of Thanksgiving Text: Psalm 107: 1-22 Thanksgiving Day is coming once again. This national holiday typically is the occasion for family gatherings, relaxation, enjoyment of delicious meals, shopping, and maybe some actual time for thanks giving. Christians celebrate this day by adding a religious touch or biblical grounding … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 16, 2014 The Gospel Text: 1Corinthians 1: 18-25, 30-31 The message of the “cross” stands for or means the decisive action of God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ according to the Gospels. The cross, in essence is the gospel message in which God had intervened bringing … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church November 9, 2014 God’s Power of Regeneration Text: Titus 3: 3-8 3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He … [Read more…]