Service Folder The second Sunday of Easter has traditionally been called “Quasimodo Geniti” (pronounced KWAsi-MOdo- JENetee) Sunday. (The literary character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, “Quasimodo,” got his name from this Sunday.) It is Latin for the first two words of today’s Introit: “Like newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the Word. The Word joined to Water, that is, Baptism,…
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“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”— Ephesians 2:8, 9
Sermons on 1 John
Service Folder Theme: Invitation The Holy Spirit invites us by the Gospel to the Banquet of Salvation. Many make excuses and reject this invitation, yet the Master’s house will be filled. The Gospel call therefore goes out to the lowly and despised, into the highways, The enmity of class and race is put to death through the cross. Having been reconciled by…
Service Folder (.doc) Service Folder (.pdf) Theme: Faith Trusts in Christ for Life Eternal When the beggar Lazarus died, he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. For he was truly Abraham’s seed. Like Abraham, he believed in the Lord, and the Lord “counted it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6). The name Lazarus means “God is my help.” The unnamed…
Service Folder Faith in the Risen Jesus Overcomes Fear and Doubt. On two successive Sundays – Easter Eve and the following Sunday Eve – the risen Jesus bodily stood among the disciples cowering in fear and another struggling with doubt. Standing among them he said, “Peace be with you”. To underscore the peace he brings, he showed the disciples the nail prints…
Service Folder We continue our Lenten series, “Eyes on Jesus” by considering the “Worldly Eyes” of Pilate, the religious leaders, and the soldiers at Jesus’ trial; and, how Jesus exchanges our worldly eyes for eyes of faith.
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Service Folder Theme: Eyes on Jesus: Betraying Eyes