Tag Archives: Lord Jesus

Nowhere to Rest! (Luke 9:57-62)

As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere … Continue reading

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The Wounds Endure (A Sermon on John 20:19-29)

On the evening of that day, the Sunday, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, … Continue reading

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Following Jesus is an Adventure (An Easter Sermon on Luke 24)

But on first day of the week, at dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the … Continue reading

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The Erotic & the Domestic (John 12:1-8)

Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at … Continue reading

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Are all Divorcees Adulterers? (Mark 10:11-12)

“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” (Mark 10:11-12) Could these really be the words of the Lord Jesus? And was this really a good … Continue reading

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Love one Another (John 15:9-17)

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command … Continue reading

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Beatitudes or Be-Attitudes? (Matthew 5:1-13)

We have as our Gospel reading this morning what is certainly one of the best known and best loved portions of the Bible. Along with ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’ and ‘For God so love the world …’, the verses from the beginning … Continue reading

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Water is thicker than blood! (Luke 12:49-56)

“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I … Continue reading

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