“Remember Your Congregation”

December 6, 2017September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAnointed One, Babylonian exile, Exodus, Messiah, Psalm 74, psalm of lament

Psalm 74:1-23; Luke 1:67-80December 3, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: Do you remember seeing images of Muslims in the Middle East celebrating the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York on 9/11? In addition to that, there were reports, not televised, in New Jersey of a few Muslims who also celebrated the terrorist attacks. Our text today is a psalm of lament by Israel after the Babylonians invaded their land and destroyed their cities and their fields. They also destroyed their capital city…

The Wedding at Cana: Much More Than a Miracle

October 26, 2015September 25, 2019 BigSpringsceremonial purification, John 2, Messiah, miracle, water into wine, wedding at Cana

Exodus 40:34-38; Ezekiel 10:18-19; John 2:1-11 (text) October 25, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: In the introduction to the Gospel of John, I mentioned that the Apostle John arranged his book not chronologically. He usually followed up an event in Jewish life, particularly their ceremonial feasts, with Jesus’ teaching concerning himself as the fulfillment of those feasts and institutions such as the temple. This is what John does in the story about the wedding at Cana where Jesus turned water into wine. Although this…