Year: 2015

FIRST READING Jeremiah 31:31–34 31 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out … [Read more…]

Questioned For Christ – A Question of Authority Years ago my brother and I were discussing the difference between the business world and the military. Phil had spent seven years in the military before entering the business world so his comments were informed ones. He was lamenting the fact that in the business world you … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Numbers 21:4–9 4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5 The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the … [Read more…]

Questioned For Christ – A Question of Sacrifice I hope that by this time in the Lenten season you’ve already begun to anticipate the question I’ll be asking. It’s also my hope that this question is causing us to squirm uncomfortably a bit in our pews. For we are, once again, subjected to the interrogator’s … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Exodus 20:1–17 1 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Isaiah 49:14-16 14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, my LORD has forgotten me.” 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms … [Read more…]

Questioned For Christ – A Question of Conviction As I mentioned last week, each Sunday afternoon, during this Lenten season, I’ll start the Homily out by asking the same question. If you were arrested today for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you? With an ever increasing emphasis toward Humanism and … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” 3 Then Abram fell on his face; … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Genesis 22:1–18 1 After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Exodus 34:29–35 29 Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, … [Read more…]