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It just doesn't quit sound right, but that's what Ephesians says along with the warnings about the damage anger can do.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

Paul reminds us that maybe it's better to actually pray with people than to tell them "You'll be in my prayers."For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

While Herod threw a birthday bash feast that ended in the beheading of John the Baptist, Jesus sets a simple feast for 5,000 and the greater feast of His Supper for all His sheep.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

Herodias hated John for speaking the truth. Herod feared John because he was a holy and righteous man, but must end John's life because of his own foolish promise.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

Christianity is counter-cultural and that is seen most clearly in Paul's statement, "I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me."For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

The situation was dire. Jerusalem and the temple had been destroyed. Jeremiah lamented. But he did so in hope.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

As Paul engages the Corinthians he appeals to them to not receive the grace of God in vain, but to live in it even as Paul has endured much to bring that message of God's grace to them.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

God has blessed the earth to be fruitful, even without our intervention. In the same way the reign of God continues even when we know not how.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

Because we believe that God raised our Lord Jesus and will raise us also, we freely speak of it, especially as we encounter the frailty of our bodies.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

Is God's command to remember the Sabbath a burden or a joy? Something we must do or get to do?For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

Isaiah sees the throne room of God and says, "And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, YHWH of hosts!”For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

Jesus promises that he will send the Help, the Paraclete. A promise that is fulfilled on Pentecost and still today.For more information about St. Johns you can find us at our website or on Facebook.If you would like to donate to support our ministry, you give online through Vanco on our website.

While " a cloud took [Jesus] out of [the disciples] sight," so much more was going on in the heavenly realms. Just like so much more is happening even yet today.

The relationship of a Christian to "the world" is summed up with three words, "Cautious, Confident; Compassionate."

Jesus gives us the best invitation we will ever receive to simply be branches grafted into Him the true Vine.

Since our Good Shepherd laid down His life only to take it up again, death now has a life problem.

Psalm 4 gives us an intimate look at prayer that is offered in faith even when we are in distress.

The Easter effect in the early church was they were of one heart and soul, caring for each other and supplying each the needs of their community. The actions challenges us to remember how completely Easter impacts us.

Which is harder to comprehend, death or resurrection? As we hear Mark's account of the resurrection we realize how life-changing the resurrection of Jesus truly is.

We go early in the morning with the women and the disciples to the tomb to hear the life-changing message, "He is no longer here, for He has risen as he said" [Matthew 28:6].We've included the Reader's Theater "In the Garden" for the start of the service.

Walk with us through the betrayal, trial and death of Jesus. As and we see His sacrifice for us we hear the call to "by the mercies of God, present your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship" [Romans 12:1].The end is a Tenebrae service which is a series of readings on Jesus arrest, trial and death drawn from the four Gospels.

You are invited to join Jesus in the upper room as he teaches his disciples to serve one another in humility.

Jesus humble entrance into Jerusalem is a model for humble care for others.

We are to look to Jesus, who endured the cross, so that we do not grow weary and faintheared.

Like James and John, we often don't know what we are asking of Jesus. Graciously though, our Lord gives us what we need most of all.

For us love comes and goes. But at the cross we see the permanent love of God displayed.

When we are looking for peace it is often the sense of tranquility and serenity. But Jesus gives us a much better and stronger peace.Sorry to say, but this was recorded over air and not through our sound system so some of it is hard to hear.

Today we meet a zealous Jesus driving out the money changers from the temple. And zeal for our salvation will consume Him.

Love is a big word, but it is even bigger when we understand the extent of the sacrifices love entails.

Sometime movies can capture the essence of evil in clear ways. Gollum from the Lord of the Rings captures very well what James talks about with the nature of temptation.

The cross is the center of our life in Christ. It is the source of our forgiveness.

The glory of the transfiguration continues in the lives of God's people as we reflect the light of Christ in a dark world.

The beauty of the promise in Isaiah is that God is the One to make it and He is the one to fulfil it!

We are called to be aware of how our attitudes and actions effect others, especially fellow Christians.

Jesus calls us to follow Him to the cross to see and proclaim the gospel that the kingdom of God is at hand.

Jesus calls us to follow Him to the cross to see and proclaim the good news that the kingdom of God is at hand

Our culture claims total freedom with the cry, "It's my body and I can do what I want with it." For Christians, that is simply not true for our bodies were bought at a price.

How do you measure wisdom? By age, by experience, by schooling? How about by distance.The episode only has the Gospel reading, the account of the wisemen and the sermon.

God came into the world on a calendar day to fill our calendars with His grace.

Even as Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes, he did so to wrap you in the full love of God.

The proverb that the clothes make the man is shown true as God robes us in the goodness of His Son.

Jesus is the fulfillment of the promise made to David and delivered to His mother, Mary.

Sackcloth and ashes have never been in vogue in the fashion world, but are always in style with Christians.

The children point us to our Christmas joy!

While John has the reputation of being a fiery preacher of repentance, he also had a message of great joy!

Joseph's coat of many colors showed his father's favoritism and created trouble, but it also pointed forward to the Christ

The word of the Lord endures forever is a promise that outlasts even the cosmos!

While Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves, God showed them mercy and pointed to the fulfillment of that mercy by clothing them with animal skins.We apologize that there were a couple of sound issues, especially during the readings.

This Palm Sunday text is perfect for the start of Advent, because before riding into Jerusalem, our Savior rode into Bethlehem.

When the religious leaders failed God promised that He will take over the job directly.