A Famine Not of Bread

Click here to listen to this sermon. “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise” (Luke 24:5b-7). Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! We’re going to hear a story today, a story that most of you have heard many times, but it’s worthy of being heard again. I use the word “story” with caution, for some are concerned that to call this account a “story” is to diminish it. But I use the word story here in the best sense: “a narrative of historic events and real people,” rather than “a work of fiction for entertainment purposes.” Our story today is a history and mystery. It’s a heroic epic and love story. It is mystical, almost mythical. It’s a riveting drama and comedy (in the classic sense). No wonder this story is often called “the greatest story ever to...

Click here for an audio version of this sermon. An mp3 file is available upon request. The text for today is Luke 20:37-38: “ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.   Now He is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him.” Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!   On this Veterans Day weekend, you’ll see a number of the vets handing out poppies for people to wear.  Not many people know the history behind it.   The wearing of poppies can be traced back to a poem written by John McCrae in World War I, entitled, “In Flanders Fields.”  It describes the graves of those who fell in battle and were buried in the fields in Belgium where poppies grow in abundance.  Specifically, the poem is written from the viewpoint of those in the grave . In Flanders fields the poppies blow Betwee...