25 Pentecost Psalm 123; Judges 4:1–7; I Thessalonians 5:1–11; Matthew 25:14–30 So our eyes look to the Lord our God, until he shows us his mercy. Ps. 123:3 We have resisted in this great country of ours the pressures to establish a state church, something our all too human founders knew from Europe.  Then, and …

21 Pentecost Psalm 96; Isiah 45:1–7; I Thessalonians 1:1–10; Matthew 22:15–22 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein. Ps.24:1 So spake the psalmist.  And Jesus said, according to Matthew’s record, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things …

16 Pentecost Psalm 114; Exodus 14:19–31; Romans 14:1–12; Matt 18:21–35 I offer you this morning, the opportunity to engage me in a word game.  I give you three words and ask you to choose one and then describe an instance, when you could use your choice to describe an action which you engaged in.  The …

12 Pentecost Psalm 133; Genesis 45:1–15; Roman 11:1–2a, 29–32; Matthew 15:10–28 “And hearing this Jesus replied (to the woman), ‘What faith you have!  Let it be as you wish!’ Matthew 15:28 If you were to visit a church in a country whose language you did not understand, it is likely that you could assume, with …