Weekly Sermons, Announcements and Events
First Mennonite Church July 26, 2015 The Journey: Conflict in the Church Text: Matthew 18:15-20 In the last two Sundays we took the story of Isaac and Rebekah’s family to look for possible causes for family conflicts. Today, I would like for us to start looking at the various views and attitudes related to conflicts … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church July 19, 2015 The Journey From Conflict to Forgiveness IV Text: Genesis 27: 1-17; 30-35; 41. Luke 2:41-52 What a complicated family! Two Sundays ago, I talked about family conflict that arise either from children’s behaviors or those conditions of which children do not have control. Today I would like to talk … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church July 5, 2015 The Journey From Conflict to Forgiveness III Text: Genesis 25: 19-34; John 9:1-12 Being that in this series we want to understand the nature, complexity and dynamics of conflict with the objective of finding ways to resolve interpersonal conflicts, the 25th chapter of Genesis can give us some good … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church June 21, 2015 The Journey From Conflict to Forgiveness II Text: Genesis 3:1-19; Matthew 5: 21-26 Let us remember the main points of last Sunday’s discussion. Last Sunday we saw several points in relationship to the origin of conflict. First and foremost, we saw that God created diversity in all his works … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church June 14, 2015 The Journey from Conflict to Forgiveness (I) Text: Genesis 1: 26-31 One of the topics submitted for me to address is forgiveness and the possibility of forgetting the injury, humiliation, or damage caused by the offense. Is it possible to forgive and to forget the offense? Let me say … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church May 31, 2015 The Supremacy of Love Text: 1Corinthians 13: 1-13 First Corinthians chapter 13 was submitted in “Share Your Treasure Sunday” response as a favorite text. I am glad that we can reflect on this passage the same day we had it for our Sunday school lesson. Therefore, for those … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church May 24, 2015 Good News for Today Text: Luke 4: 14-30 This passage is Luke’s account of Jesus’ inauguration of his public ministry. Although Luke has recorded earlier words uttered by Jesus, those were not addressed to an audience. Jesus had spoken them to the devil, while undergoing temptation as recorded in … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church May 17, 2015 Paul On Husband/Wife Relationships Text: Ephesians 5: 21-33 Just two weeks ago I read a news article about a pastor seeking help. The pastor called a family counselor because he was desperate about his daughter’s situation with her husband. At first the husband controlled the time she was … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church May 10, 2015 Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah: A Mother’s Portrait Text: Ruth 1:6-18 Among the passages submitted in the Share Your Treasure list was the book of Ruth. I reserved sharing from this book for today, Mother’s Day. The person who submitted the book of Ruth, acknowledged that it is one of … [Read more…]
First Mennonite Church April 26, 2015 Text: John 14:1-14 God and His Self-revelation III Once again, here are the questions I have been trying to respond in the last two Sundays: How does God reveal himself to us? Is it possible for humans to see God? Related to these two questions is a whole list … [Read more…]