Luke 14:26 (RSV) If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. The same ...

The lectionary readings for the Third Sunday in Easter ignore the particular gospel for the year, and instead cycle round ...

Last Friday we continued our look into the command Christ gave to His church, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20, the command that has come to be known as “the Great Commission.” We discovered that a ...

Once again, we have lessons that are intended to help us understand how to be a disciple of Jesus -- what it means to follow Jesus. To put this in context, it's good to remember from the last couple ...

Last Friday we began a brief look into the command Christ gave to His church, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20, the command that has come to be known as “the Great Commission.” We discovered that, far ...

Did Jesus preach, as best we know? And if he did preach what kinds of things did he preach about? When Jesus speaks, the major verb that is used in the gospel accounts is "to teach...." He teaches his ...

All of this Sunday’s readings focus on the relationship between the Old Testament and the life, death, and resurrection of ...

It always amazes me how the Gospel lessons that are assigned as they are for this particular Sunday every year, even though they are there the Sunday after Easter every year, they fit in so well with ...

Find today’s readings here. Anyone who has lived in a place that alternates between wet and dry seasons knows the power of returning storms. Everything changes with the rain. Dry ground turns green ...

Too often people claiming to be Christians utilize blatant mistruths to advance their own agendas. Whether it is homophobia or pro-life ideology that they are attempting to put forth, they posses a ...