Tags: Romans
He will give to all the faithful His own self for heavenly food. This line from the hymn Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, which is heard almost exclusively during the Advent season, points us towards the events described in this morning’s sermon text in Mark: the institution of the Lord’s Supper. Words and images of eating and drinking abound…
In the sermon text this morning from Mark 14, we are presented with two contrasting pictures: the devotion of the woman with the alabaster flask, willing to pour out the costly oil as a gift to Jesus, and the treachery of Judas, going out of his way to betray his Lord for money. This contrast between “the way of life…
This Sunday is the first Sunday of Lent, a traditional time of prayer, fasting, and repentance observed by Christians since the days of the early church. Several elements of the service have been adjusted to fit the penitential character of this season. We will begin each Sunday by singing What Wondrous Love Is This (meditating on the sacrifice of Christ…
The passage Pastor Grant is preaching on this week is one of the most well-known apocalyptic scenes of the Bible: the “Olivet Discourse,” found not only in Mark 13, but in parallel passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 21. Given all the terrifying imagery of war, famine, earthquakes, “the abomination of desolation,” and “tribulation as has not been from the…
Here at the end of Mark 12, we find Jesus proclaiming the greatest commandments—to love God, and to love our neighbors. The centrality of love to the Christian life, and the tremendous difficulty this poses, forms the focus of today’s service. When we sing hymns such as Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing, O Worship The King, and My God,…