Bible Text: Luke 9:28-36 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Christ came to proclaim, to call. He came to assure whom he called. We aren’t living for ourselves, anymore. We’re living…
Bible Text: Luke 6:27-38 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Love your enemies. Jesus phrases the matter strongly to make a strong point, a holy point. Enemies oppose us because of…
Bible Text: Luke 6:17-26 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | All tried to touch him. O, to touch Jesus! I suppose a number of them did. We’re told a lot about…
Bible Text: Luke 5:1-11 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | [With thanks to Leslie Leyland Fields, and Chapter Four of her Crossing the Waters: Following Jesus through the Storms, the Fish,…
Bible Text: Luke 4:22-30 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Those listening to Jesus “were all well impressed with him and marveled at the eloquent words that he spoke” (4:22). So…
Bible Text: Luke 4:14-21 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | The section headings that the translators gave these parts of Luke’s account are telling: “Jesus Begins His Work,” and “Jesus is…
Bible Text: Isaiah 62:1-5 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | These words of Isaiah are a poem, a song, a prophecy of hope. The hope is for Jerusalem; Jerusalem, here, is…
Bible Text: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | John didn’t look like a Messiah, didn’t act like a Messiah, but some thought that maybe he kind of spoke…
Bible Text: Matthew 2:1-12 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Wise men. Scripture tells us they are (2:1, NRSV, ESV, RSV). What made them wise? What do we know about them? …
Bible Text: Luke 2:41-52 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Some of you grew up in small towns, others in larger towns, maybe even cities. There was a time when small…