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Who Calls the Tune? - Reformation Sunday
Matthew 11:16-19 – [Jesus said] “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Oct 29, 20206 min read
Jacob's Ladder - The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Jesus Crucified Is Jacob’s Ladder Between Earth and Heaven “Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Oct 29, 20206 min read
Humility and the Eighth Commandment - The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
[Proverbs 25:6-9] Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great, 7 for it is better to be told,...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Oct 15, 20205 min read
God Gives Them Back - The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 7:11-17] Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Sep 27, 20206 min read
God vs. Mammon: Fear, Love, and Trust - The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Matthew 6:24-34] “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Sep 21, 20206 min read
Give Thanks to God for Our Two-Fold Cleansing - The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 17:11-19] On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Sep 21, 20205 min read
Who Is My Neighbor? - The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
[Luke 10:25-37] And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Sep 11, 20206 min read
Faith Is God's Work - Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
[Mark 7:31-35] Then Jesus returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis....
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Sep 11, 20205 min read
Keeping Your Eyes to Yourself - Luke 18:9-14 (Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)
[Luke 18:9-14] He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Aug 22, 20205 min read
Faith, not Law, for Righteousness - The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
[Romans 9:30 - 10:4] What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Aug 16, 20205 min read
The Dishonest Manager - The Ninth Sunday after Trinity
[Read Luke 16:1-9] He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Aug 8, 20206 min read
Slaves to Righteousness - Being What You've Been Made (Seventh Sunday after Trinity)
[Romans 6:15-18] What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jul 26, 20205 min read
Christ Is Your Righteousness - The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
[Matthew 5:20] “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jul 18, 20206 min read
Being Fishers of Men (Fifth Sunday after Trinity)
[Luke 5:1-11] On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jul 11, 20206 min read
Waiting for an Unseen Hope (Fourth Sunday after Trinity)
[Romans 8:18-25] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jul 5, 20206 min read
Coming Back Home (Third Sunday after Trinity)
[Luke 15:11-24] And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jun 27, 20207 min read
Invited to a Free Lunch (Second Sunday after Trinity)
[Luke 14:15-24] When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jun 20, 20206 min read
The Rich Man & Social Distancing (First Sunday after Trinity)
[Luke 16:19-31] “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jun 13, 20206 min read
Holy Trinity Sunday
[John 3:1-6] Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jun 6, 20205 min read
Pentecost
[John 14:23-27] Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and...
Rev. Curtis Stephens
Jun 6, 20204 min read
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