December 1, 2019 Barbara Gusew When the angel spoke to Mary, I’m sure she was shocked. I mean, can you image that after hearing about the coming Messiah all your life (even though she was only 13 or 14) now the time had come and you were going to be the one to deliver Him to the world? How could she believe it? Why would she believe it? Because she had HOPE in the Word…
NT reading: Acts 1:6-8 Sermon brought to you by Jonathan Cordle from Crossroads Passion for Jesus; Love for one another; Love for a broken world. This week we’re focusing on love for a broken world. When look at the world today, we may get various reactions. One may be a sense of despair. If you want to, you can find lots of things wrong with politicians, government; corporations, neighborhood crime. Lots of possible reasons to…
Rev. Dr. Jack J. Lolla, Jr. June 16, 2019 Text: Rom. 5:5, Old Testament: Prov. 8:1-4, 22-31, New Testament: Rom. 5:1-5 Milan, Ohio is a special place for me. That is where my grandfather, Simeon Lollo is buried. His stone is embedded in the base of an old oak tree that my grandmother must have planted when he died in 1918 from the influenza epidemic. Grandfather Lollo was a butcher and no doubt caught the…
Rev. Dr. John J. Lolla, Jr. Text: Acts 2:6, Old Testament: Gen. 11:1-9, New Testament: Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost is one of the Bible’s great miracles that almost equals the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Yet it goes unnoticed by most Christians. We don’t value what God’s Spirit did at Pentecost at any level near what God did at Easter. We should value Pentecost a whole lot more than we do. Perhaps our problem lies in…
Rev. Dr. John J. Lolla, Jr. June 2, 2019 Text: John 17:14, Acts of the Apostles: Acts 16:16-34, Gospel Reading: John 17:20-26 Our blessed Jesus gave us the Word of the Gospel to save the world. He entrusted His Word to us to share with others. It’s a message of love – God’s love for the world. It’s a message of hope – God’s love forgives us of our sins. It’s a message of faith…