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May 20: The Seventh Sunday of Easter (Ascension)

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed [...]

May 13: The Sixth Sunday of Easter

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and [...]

May 6: The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Pastor Mark announces that the Revelation Sermon Series begins May 20. This Sunday, May 6, Rev. John Singleton will be preaching as Pastor Mark is away on a vacation, but here’s a meditation on Jonah: But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is [...]

April 29: The Fourth Sunday of Easter

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to [...]

April 22: The Third Sunday of Easter

Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time and said, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. –Jonah 3:1-2 So, should we string up banners and [...]

April 15: The Second Sunday of Easter

And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. –Jonah 2:10 Let your mind wander for a second and imagine what a screenwriter or a movie producer would do to make the story of Jonah “contemporary” and “relevant” to our day and culture. It’s a fun proposition for [...]

April 8: The Day of Resurrection

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling [...]

April 1: Palm Sunday

And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to [...]

March 25: The Fifth Sunday in Lent

And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. –Jonah 1:17 Jonah’s ultimate defiance was not when he bought the ticket to Tarshish, it was when he said to the crew, “I’d rather you throw me overboard and let [...]

March 18: The Fourth Sunday in Lent

And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And [...]