Sermons on Pentecost (Page 6)

Before I get into my sermon for today, I want to remind us that these Scripture stories are contextual. While we will get into the context a bit in a few minutes, I want us to proceed with caution because these stories cannot be a one-to-one comparison to our world today. Doing so avoids the nuance and the socio-religious history of people and places that have an impact…

As humans, we are constantly trying to shape God into our image or narrow down the understanding of who God is and what God’s love means for the world based on our viewpoint. We see this all the time, probably so much so that our brains tune out much of the noise. From our preoccupation with where ourselves, or often other people, are going to end up after death (I’m sure…

I am in the middle of twelve grandkids on my dad’s side of the family. The cousins closest to me in age were all boys. Now, I loved playing with my cousins, however, one of their favorite activities seemed to be practicing their wrestling skills on me, despite my unfair size disadvantage. My aunt would come downstairs, telling them to let me go before one or more of us…