What is to keep [insert name of someone you care about] from God’s love? Do you really think there’s something? 5th Sunday of Easter (Year B) – May 3, 2015 – Acts 8:26-40, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-8 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “What Is to Prevent Them?” […]
This week, let’s take a look at what makes the Good Shepherd so good…and whether we’re “good” at all. 4th Sunday of Easter (Year B) – April 26, 2015 – John 10:11-18 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “Only One is Good” – Pastor Evan Davis If there’s […]
Jesus ain’t no ghost. He’s the walking, talking, living Lord of your real life, right now, and he’s hungry. Listen: 3rd Sunday of Easter (Year B) – April 19, 2015 – Luke 24:36b-48 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “Hungry Jesus” – Pastor Evan Davis My mind is […]
The Resurrection changes things…just look at how it changed the lives of those who became the early Church. 2nd Sunday of Easter (Year B) – April 12, 2015 – Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “How Good and Pleasant It Is” – Pastor Evan Davis […]
God’s amazing surprise on Easter morning means many things, but what caught me this year is that it is only the beginning. As Mark’s jarring conclusion reminds us, the women at the tomb that morning aren’t the only people God had in mind. We worship a living Lord. We are […]
On Good Friday, we adore the Cross of Jesus Christ, even as we realize the hard truth that we would have been among those who crucified him. And we face the even harder truth that we put people on the cross every day. The good news to which we cling […]
On Maundy Thursday, Jesus teaches us what love looks like: like a Teacher washing his disciples’ feet. His command to love is no command at all – it is simply what those who have been so loved by Christ do. It is how the world will know us – not […]
Holy Week Worship The Three Days Thursday, April 2 – Maundy Thursday – 7pm at Trinity Directions at: http://trinitykeezletown.org Friday, April 3 – Good Friday – 7pm at St. Jacob’s Saturday, April 4 – Vigil of Easter – 8pm at Muhlenberg Directions at: […]
Sometimes we want to cut deals with God, but this God makes no deals. 5th Sunday in Lent (Year B) – March 22, 2015 – Jeremiah 31:31-34 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “Let’s (Not) Make a Deal” – Pastor Evan Davis [end of the Escort story – listen […]
John 3:16 has been used as a weapon for too long, so we need to read John 3:17 too. Eternal life isn’t a future reward for people who have the right answer today. Eternal life is Jesus, given for you, today. Get your “JOHN 3:17” posters ready as you listen […]