To allow Pastor Jenson time for grieving, Deacon Poe gives today’s sermon which Pastor wrote a few weeks ago but couldn’t deliver due to bad weather. Baptism is a mystery. It may seem rather straightforward. Sprinkle a little water, say a few words, and the act is over before you blink. But there’s much more …
“Who is this Jesus?” Even in the first century, anyone who didn’t know that Jesus was the Christ simply wasn’t paying attention. God had been telling how He would come and who He would be with prophet after prophet. John the Baptist was the last of these. John’s birth was a miracle. John’s naming was …
“Let me help you.” “No, I want to do it.” From an early age, each of us wants to be independent. We want to rely on our own strength, intellect and will. We want to do it ourselves. God gave us the Law, so that we might know what we must do. It is clear, …