Bible Text: 2 Timothy 1:7-14 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | His spirit fills us. Beloved, how beautiful, those words! We feel so full of so many things. Sometimes, it’s fear.…
Bible Text: 1 Timothy 2:1-10 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | How are we supposed to do church? How are we supposed to be church? Those are good questions, even though…
Bible Text: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Being a follower of Jesus Christ can be demanding. We feel worn out just living for ourselves! To live…
Bible Text: Luke 14:25-33 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Well, our translation says unless we love Jesus more (14:26). You may remember that Jesus says hate: unless you hate your…
Bible Text: Luke 14:1, 7-14 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Jesus reminds us to be humble, to seek humility, to learn it and grow in it. We praise beauty; we…
Bible Text: Luke 13:10-17 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | So, eighteen years is a long time, bent over, suffering, for eighteen years. Then there’s Jesus. Maybe she always went to…
Bible Text: Luke 12:49-59 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Fire? Division, not peace? Hypocrites? Why does Jesus have to say such things? I mean, I suppose I could just skip…
Bible Text: Luke 12:32-40 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | I pastored a church in Illinois, right out of seminary. A fellow pastor in that presbytery served two congregations. Those of…
Bible Text: Colossians 3:1-11 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | A number of people, including some who ought to know better, seem to behave as if this life was all that…
Bible Text: Colossians 2:3-14 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Christians have a talent for reshaping the Gospel. Paul warns against this. The reshaping is always the result of good intentions. …