Sermons

Luke 24:13-35 13  Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,  14  and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.  15  While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,  16  but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.  17  And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. 18  Then one of the

John 21:19-31 19  When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”  20  After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.  21  Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”  22  When he had said this, he breathed on them and sai

John 20:1-18 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.  2  So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”  3  Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb.  4  The two were running together, but the other

Zechariah 9:9-10, 16-17 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!     Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you;     triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey,     on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim     and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off,     and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea     and from the River to the ends of the e

Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.  2  He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry.  3  He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”  4  Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.  5  Thus says the Lord God

John 9:1-41 1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.  2  His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”  3  Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.  4  We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.  5  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”  6  When he had said thi

Exodus 17:1-7 17:1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.  2  The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”  3  But the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egyp

Genesis 12:1-4 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.  2  I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.  3  I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” 4  So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him.  Romans 4:1-5

Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 15  The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  16  And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden,  17  but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”      1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from a

Exodus 24:12-18 12  The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there; I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”  13  So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up onto the mountain of God.  14  To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come back to you. Look, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them.” 15  Then Moses went up on th

Isaiah 58:1-12 Shout out; do not hold back!    Lift up your voice like a trumpet!Announce to my people their rebellion,    to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet day after day they seek me    and delight to know my ways,as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they want God on their side. 3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see?    Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”Look,

Micah 6:1-8 6 “With what shall I come before the Lord     and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,     with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,     the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” 8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good,     and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness    

Matthew 4:12-23 12  Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.  13  He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,  14  so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15 “Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,    on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the gentiles— 16 the people who sat in darkness    have seen a great light,and for those who sat in th

Matthew 3:13-17 13  Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.  14  John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”  15  But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.  16  And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw God’s Spirit descending lik

Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem,  2  asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to pay him homage.”  3  When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him,  4  and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.  5  They t

Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. 19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly. 20 But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to

Isaiah 35:1-10 1The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;    the desert shall rejoice and blossom;like the crocus  2  it shall blossom abundantly    and rejoice with joy and shouting.The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,    the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.They shall see the glory of the Lord,    the majesty of our God. 3 Strengthen the weak hands    and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,  “Be strong, do not fear!  Here is your Go

Isaiah 11:1-10 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,    and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,    the spirit of wisdom and understanding,    the spirit of counsel and might,    the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see    or decide by what his ears hear, 4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor and decide with equ

Matthew 24:36-44 36  “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.  37  For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.  38  For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,  39  and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so, too, will be the coming of the Son of Man.  40  Then two w

Luke 23:33-43 33  When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.  34  Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots to divide his clothing.  35  And the people stood by watching, but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!”  36  The soldiers also mocke