A Famine Not of Bread

Click here to listen to this sermon. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Like most congregations, Trinity has a church book that contains a running record of all of the marriages, baptisms, deaths, and confirmations. With Trinity observing its 125 th anniversary this past year, it was a book that was turned to quite often in order to recall important events and people in the history of the congregation. At our celebration, Hilda was recognized as our oldest living member and she was so happy to be able to join us for that day. Little did we know that one of the names entered into that book during this year would be for Hilda. With her departure, a godly woman, a mother and grandmother and great-grandmother is no longer here—a friend and sister in Christ and faithful member of Trinity is not among us now. Were it my duty to paint sadness and sorrow, it would be easy to point to the reality of these mortal remains and let them speak louder tha...

Click here to listen to this sermon. "Adoration of the Lamb" by Jan van Eyck The text for today is Revelation 5:1-2: “Then I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.   And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?’”   This is the Word of the Lord. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Three readings today, three different views of Jesus.   Each of them, vitally important.   All of them together give us a picture of who Jesus is for us and what He is doing.   We’ll look at them chronologically (at least from an earthly perspective).   (1) Jesus as He appeared on earth to His disciples sometime during the forty days between His resurrection and ascension.   (2) As He appeared to Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus about three years after His death and resurrect...