Sermon John 19:38-42 We Reach It by a Leap Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists John 19:38-42 We Reach It by a Leap The Rev. Charles Hoffacker The Bible opens with a majestic story of creation. God speaks into existence the various orders of creatures. God creates over [...]
"Mrs. Hayes showed me through her home," Phil Williams recounts, "a small ordinary house." Why the tour? "Mrs. Hayes' husband had died and she wanted me to know what he had been and done. She also wanted to share her loneliness without calling it by that name."
Sermon John 19:30 Dying into God Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children's Sermons Hymn Lists John 19:30 Dying into God The Rev. Charles Hoffacker The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas remembered his father as a man robust and militant for many years. But Thomas' father, in his eighties, became blind and weak, and [...]
Sermon John 19:30 What "It" Is Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children's Sermons Hymn Lists John 19:30 What "It" Is Dr. Randy L. Hyde Much of life is spent running around looking for it. On the few trips we’ve made out west with church groups, and we’ve stopped at the ubiquitous tourist [...]
Thomas needed proof that Jesus was alive. The next week, Jesus appeared to Thomas, and he did believe. Jesus made a significant remark: “Do you believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me? Blessed are those who do not see me, and yet believe.” That’s us, isn’t it?
Sermon John 19:28-30 Everything Is Complete! Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children's Sermons Hymn Lists John 19:28-30 Everything Is Complete! Pastor Vince Gerhardy It was three o’clock. Jesus called for water. He could hardly speak. A soldier fixed a sponge on a spear and held it up to his lips. It was [...]
Jesus' enemies were not successful! They could not -- did not -- hold Jesus as a prisoner! He kept escaping, and he saved the best escape for last. He left his tomb behind because he was alive, never to die again. He pulled off the greatest escape of them all. Only divine power can do this.
Sermon John 19:25-26 Behold, Your Mother! Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children's Sermons Hymn Lists John 19:25-26 Behold, Your Mother! Dr. Philip W. McLarty In celebration of Mother's Day, I'd like to focus on the relationship of Jesus and his mother, Mary. I think you'll agree, Mary exemplifies virtues common to mothers [...]
It’s important to note that Jesus’ longest and most fervent prayer was for the unity of the church: “… that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us” (John 17:21). Unity in Christ. What is the secret to Christian unity?
As Jesus himself indicates, only by our unity, our no-nonsense embrace of one another, will the world come to believe.