January 26, 2025 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4:14-21 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. I…

January 19, 2025 Isaiah 62:1-5; John 2:1-11 “Everyone serves the good wine first and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” I have always loved that line. I love it because it is unexpected. I love it because it is basically a joke smack dab in the middle of the…

January 12, 2025 Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire…” John the Baptist was in many respects a precursor to Jesus.…

December 1, 2024 Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-36 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Heaven and earth will pass away for the end is nigh. The end – but the end of what? The end for whom? The end leading…