A Famine Not of Bread

Click here to listen to this sermon. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:12). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! According to the Roman historian, Livy, the orator Menenius Agrippa told the quarreling Roman citizens this parable. The other members of the body were upset with the stomach and charged it with being lazy, doing nothing but simply allowing itself to be nourished. So, the hands refused to raise food to the mouth. The mouth declined to accept the food. The teeth would not chew. They all went on strike to get the stomach in line. It was only when the whole body had nearly starved to death that the other members realized their mistake. It is quite possible that St. Paul borrowed from this fable for the thoughts of our text because he was trained in Stoic philosophy; but if he did, he shows an insight into the body and its rel

Click here to listen to this sermon. 1        In You, O Lord , do I take refuge;                 let me never be put to shame! 2      In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;                 incline Your ear to me, and save me! 3      Be to me a rock of refuge,                 to which I may continually come;        You have given the command to save me,                 for You are my rock and my fortress.   4      Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,                 from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man. 5      For You, O Lord, are my hope,                 my trust, O Lord , from my youth. 6      Upon You I have leaned from before my birth;                 You are He who took me from my mother’s womb.        My praise is continually of You.   7      I have been as a portent to many,                 but You are my strong refuge. 8      My mouth is filled with Your praise,                 and with Your glory all the

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"Jesus Found in the Temple" by James Tissot Click here to listen to this sermon. The child [Jesus] grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon Him. Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing Him to be in the group they went a day’s journey, but then they began to search for Him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for Him. After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. And when His parents saw Him, they were astonished. And His mother said to Him, ‘Son, why have You treated us so? Behold, Your f