Category: Pastor’s Message

2/22/09   Gospel: Mark 2:1-12 “The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” It took a ton of persistence to open a hole in the roof and lower a man down in front of where Jesus was preaching.  The determination of those men on the roof is like the “keeping on tryining” attitude…
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2/15/09   Gospel:  Mark 1:40-45 “The leprosy left him, and he was made clean.” In today’s Gospel, the man with a skin rash says to Jesus, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”  The leper is cleansed. Anyone who has faced a skin disorder knows the misery it inflicts.  It wears us down and…
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2/1/09  GOSPEL:  MARK 1:21-28 “He taught them as one having authority.”   For many, the word “exorcist” recalls the 1973 film of the same name.  Nearly four decades have passed and people are still talking about it.  Who could forget the terrifying image of actress Linda Blair’s head making a slow 360 degree turn as…
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1/25/09  Gospel: mark 1:14-20 “REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL” By tracking his journeys in the Gospels, someone once concluded that during the years of his ministry Jesus walked 3,125 miles.  However, many miles it was, in today’s Gospel, Jesus begins his ministry and calls the first of his disciples to follow him.  Our journey…
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1/18/09        Gospel: John 1:35-42 “They saw where he was staying and they stayed with him” John’s Gospel today holds a simple summary of how we come to faith.  The disciples follow Jesus.  They ask where he lives, and he invites them to “come and see.”  They then stay with him. “Come and See” is the…
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