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Pastor warns UN to protect persecuted Christians
Screen capture of Jonathan Cahn addressing the United Nations on April 17, 2015. In Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus says He — the Son of Man, King — will judge the nations on how they treat His brothers....
View ArticleVIDEO: The powder keg that is the Middle East
As 2017 ends, we see things heating up in the Middle East. Kevin Kallsen of Anglican Unscripted and Rev. David Pileggi of Christ Church Jerusalem talk about the building tensions in the region and...
View ArticleCount it all joy, El Paso
Friends, I have so much I’d like to share. In just three short weeks, I’ve read more than a have in a long while, met amazing men and women of God, debated somewhat, thought a lot. Yes, I was all...
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Prayer alert: US refuses Iranian Christians; Syria escalations
Since I started writing about my US-based seminary life, I’ve lost some subscribers. They didn’t say why, but perhaps it is because I’m writing less about Israel and Middle East affairs and news in...
View ArticleVIDEO: God’s position on national Israel
Rev. Malcolm Hedding expounds on the sixty-second chapter of Isaiah, from which the inspiration is derived for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s global prayer campaign. Rev. Malcolm...
View ArticleVIDEO: Middle East rumblings set tone of 2013
Chuck Missler of the Koinonia Institute recaps last week’s Middle East headlines on Egypt, Israel and Syria. The item that caught my ear is that the United States will deliver the first four of 20 F-16...
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Mahalia Jackson, worship warrior of the Civil Rights movement
Jackson circa 1962, photographed by Carl Van Vechten Tonight we went off the beaten Netflix path and pulled up a documentary — Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory. I was expecting the Civil...
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Behold, the lamb of God!
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins at sunset Monday. We are also in Christian Holy Week and will celebrate the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah next Sunday. It is an important time...
View ArticleSermon: Don’t take care, take risks
24th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28) Lectionary readings: Psalm 90 Zeph 1:7, 12-18 I Thes 5:1-10 Matt 25:14-30 I want to open with prayer by again saying today’s collect: Stir up, O Lord, the wills...
View ArticleSermon: The promise-keeping God of Israel
Readings on fourth Sunday of Advent: 2 Sam 7:1-17 Ps 132:1-19 Rom 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 “Remember, O Lord, on David’s behalf, all his affliction…” Present-day Jerusalem, in a way, is an embodiment of...
View ArticleSermon: God’s Christmas gifts to us
Second Sunday of Christmas 2021 Jeremiah 31:7-14 Psalm 84 Ephesians 1:3-14 Matthew 2:1-12 Let us pray. Almighty God, your blessed Son fulfilled the covenant of circumcision for our sake, and was given...
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Sermon: Call to repentance and service
Second Sunday of Epiphany Psalm 63 I Sam 3:1-20 I Cor 6:9-20 John 1:43-51 Some of you know that I am a photographer. I love to document life with my camera. But as my ordination drew near, I wondered...
View ArticleSermon: Come, let us imitate Messiah
Fifth Sunday of Epiphany / Mission Sunday Genesis 12:1-3 Psalm 86:8-13 Revelation 7:9-17 Matthew 28:16-20 It’s Super Bowl Sunday! Oh, wait… It’s Mission Sunday! Sorry, got my pep talks mixed up. It’s...
View ArticleSermon: Really trusting the God of Abraham to provide
Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 22:1-14Psalms 16Romans 8:31-39Mark 8:31-38 [singing] Jehovah Jireh, my provider, his grace is sufficient for me, for me, for me. Jehovah Jireh, my provider, his grace is...
View ArticleSermon: Skeptic, ask and Jesus will answer
Second Sunday in Easter Isaiah 26:1–9, 19Psalm 111I John 5:1–5John 20:19–31 Hallelujah! He is risen!He is risen indeed! Hallelujah! It’s been a week since the Resurrection, but our Gospel passage...
View ArticleSermon: Sing the new song!
Third Sunday of Easter Micah 4:1-5Psalm 981 John 1:1-2:2Luke 24:36-49 98 Sing to God a brand-new song.He’s made a world of wonders!He rolled up his sleeves,He set things right.2 God made history with...
View ArticleSermon: Sabbath, glimpse of eternity
Third Sunday After Pentecost Ezekiel 31:1-14Psalm 922 Corinthians 5:1-10Mark 4:26-34 We are in the third week after Pentecost. As Rev. Bill said last week, this season until Advent can be called...
View ArticleSermon: God is still answering
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Amos 7:7-15Psalm 85Ephesians 1:1-14 (15-23)Mark 6:7-13 “Let your merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of your humble servants.” Do we believe that God hears us?...
View ArticleSermon: ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good’
11th Sunday after Pentecost Deut 8:1-10Ps 34:8-15Eph 4:17-5:2John 6:37-51 Let us begin with Deuteronomy 8:3: “And [the Lord] humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not...
View ArticleSermon: I’ll drink to that
Isaiah 50:4-9Psalm 116James 2:1-18 The Holy Spirit has, for some reason, seen it fit for me to open and close our interim period. In November, the Spirit commissioned us to not take care but to take...
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