SERMONS

It’s time for some disagreement! Yesterday was August 15, which is one of the most widely celebrated Christian festivals, for one of the most well-known people in the Bible. Millions and millions of people all over the world are talking about Mary this weekend. But we don’t even agree on what to call the day! The Roman Church calls it “The Assumption of Mary” from the belief that Mary was bodily assumed, taken into heaven instead of dying. The Eastern Orthodox observe the fe

"Jesus told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it."--Matthew 13 For most of my life, I heard Jesus’ words in Matthew 13 as an exhortation to us—we are to be like the man who finds

In the year 1776, a group of leaders of the British Colonies in America set forth a list of grievances against the English king and declared their right to abolish his authority over them because of his gross negligence as ruler. This document was the Declaration of Independence, and it was revised and ratified by the Congress of these United States on July 4th of that same year, two hundred fifty years--and one day--ago. As citizens and as Christians, we honor our country a