by Bill Rowley | Nov 2, 2023 | Ash Wednesday, Essentials-Sermons, Lent
Lent 2024: Do This in Remembrance february 14 | Ash Wednesday |Year B Relationship and Ritual Isaiah 58:1-12 | Psalm 51:1-17 | 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 | Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Featured: AIM commentary Call to worship Prayer of confession Assurance of pardon Benediction...
by Bill Rowley | Nov 1, 2023 | Christmas, Essentials-Sermons
Lectionary Guide: Epiphany 2024 January 6 | Epiphany of the Lord | Year B Ephesians 3:1-12 Isaiah 60:1-6 | Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 | Matthew 2:1-12 Summary of the Text Darren Pollock Context Contextual Layers The responsible interpretation of any biblical text requires...
by Bill Rowley | Nov 1, 2023 | Christmas, Essentials-Sermons
Lectionary Guide: Christmas 2023 January 1 | First Sunday After Christmas | Year B Galatians 4:4-7 Isaiah 61:10-62:3 | Psalm 148 | Luke 2:22-40 Summary of the Text Lisa Degrenia Risk, Salvation, and the Fullness of Time Pharaoh’s daughter took a huge risk to raise and...
by Bill Rowley | Oct 23, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons
Highlighted Text: Isaiah 9:2-7 Summary of the Text Ancient Lens Light in the Darkness Light is good. When God created the heavens and the earth, we are first told that “God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God...
by Bill Rowley | Oct 23, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons
Highlighted Text: Luke 1:26-38 Summary of the Text Ancient Lens Couldn’t See That Coming Powerful parents with a family pedigree derived from Judah and the Davidic line was the common narrative for how most people imagined the Messiah, the “anointed” One, would come...
by Bill Rowley | Oct 23, 2023 | Essentials-Sermons
Highlighted Text: Psalm 126 Summary of the Text Ancient Lens A Song Celebrating the Return from Babylonian Exile The book of Ezra recounts the return of 50,000 exiles and their entourage from Babylon after Cyrus the Great conquered the land and issued a decree in 538...
