Sermon: Luke 24:1-12 Easter 1 – April 21, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel In a former congregation I knew a couple who had been born and raised in Asia. They told me that when they were in former land they celebrated Easter by going to the cemetery to sing
Continue readingSermon: Zechariah 9:9, 10 Lent 6 – April 14, 2019 – Rev. Steven Radunzel If you had been in the crowd on the first Palm Sunday when Jesus entered Jerusalem you would have approached Jerusalem from the east. You would have walked through two little towns, Bethany and Bethphage, not
Continue readingSermon: Isaiah 43:16-21 Lent 5 – April 7, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Do you like new things? I think we all do. When we were children we loved new things, especially new toys. That’s why Christmas Eve or Christmas morning were such wonderful times for us. When we
Continue readingSermon: Isaiah 12:1-6 Lent 4 – March 31, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Have you ever had one of those times in your life when you say, “It doesn’t get any better than this”? Probably most of us have, or dreamed of one of those experiences, that’s just stress
Continue readingSermon: Luke 13:1-9 Lent 3 – March 24, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Why don’t people believe in God? Why don’t people believe in Jesus? Why don’t people trust God? Why don’t people go to church to worship God? There are obviously lots of different answers to those questions.
Continue readingSermon: Jeremiah 26:8-15 Lent 2 – March 17, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel If you pay attention to the news you know that there are politicians in Washington, D.C. who are offering what they call the Green New Deal. To summarize it this deal is intended to entirely eliminate
Continue readingSermon: Psalm 91 Lent 1 – March 10, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel There are a lot of beautiful psalms in the Bible. Some of you have your favorite. Whether Psalm 91 is your favorite or not, it still has to be one of the most comforting psalms among
Continue readingSermon: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Transfiguration – March 3, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel There’s a TV commercial for a popular hotel chain in which a group of men and women are sitting around a table in a board room trying to come up with ways to advertise their hotel.
Continue readingSermon: Psalm 1 Epiphany 6 – February 17, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel If you listen carefully to news reports and the comments that guests make on the various news shows, you’ll begin to hear certain words that seem to become rather trendy, sometimes to the point of being
Continue readingSermon: Luke 5:1-11 Epiphany 5 – February 10, 2019 – Rev. Steven J. Radunzel Some years ago I read an interview given by the founder of a large campus ministry. He was a conservative, Bible-believing preacher of the gospel. He was in his 80’s and nearing the end of his
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