January 2018

“Run From What Enslaves You!” 1 Cor 6 12-20

As Christians we have been set free from enslavement to the devil.  Now we are enslaved willingly to Christ Jesus!  However, we still live in a sinful world, and we still are attached to our old sinful natures and are vulnerable to being enslaved to things in this world.  In our Epistle lesson this week, […]



“Baptized Into Each Other!” Mark 1 4-11

You have heard it many times before, “We have been baptized into Christ Jesus.”  It is easy just to let those words fall on deaf ears, or go in one ear and out of the other.  Few take the time to ponder the mystery and seek what the Scriptures are telling us when they say […]



December 2017

“From Slaves to Sons” Gal 4 1-7

Who would ever choose to be a slave?  In the beginning, one man chose.  Adam threw away the goodness that God had created in him, and smashed the image of God.  In the disobedience of Adam, all mankind was forced to live in slavery, always under the Law and sin and death.We are conceived and […]



“Live As If You’re Already In the New World” 2 Peter 3 8-14

The apostle Peter urges us in his second letter to not be anxious for the New Heavens and New Earth, but to be patient, knowing that His apparent “slowness” is just Him being eager to bring as many into the Kingdom as will come.In the meantime, live like you’re already there – in righteousness and […]



November 2017

“Good Grief!” 1 Thess 4.13 -18

Our Epistle lesson for this 3rd Sunday of the End Times is 1 Thessalonians 4:3-18.  Here, Paul tells us that as Christians, while we grieve the loss of our family and friends as others might, ours is a good grief!Ours is a grief of hope; ours, a grief of understanding and knowledge of exactly what […]