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. …
Bible Text: Colossians 1:15-23 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Millions want to know God. Knowing God isn’t easy. There is so much around us and within to distract us, deflect…
Bible Text: Colossians 1:1-14 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | “He rescued us from the power of darkness” (1:13). Do you believe there is a power of darkness? I read the…
Bible Text: Galatians 6:1-10, 14-16 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Some of you may know Lou Reed’s song “Perfect Day.” At one point in the song, he repeats, four times—as…
Bible Text: Luke 8:26-39 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Tornadoes, hurricanes, fires—our lives can be turned upside down, so quickly, so completely. The news cameras are almost always there, after,…
Bible Text: Romans 5:1-5 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | We don’t tend to get all excited about a doctrine of the Church. Just to use the word doctrine sort of…
Bible Text: Acts 16:16-34 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Paul and Silas, still in Philippi, encounter a girl, a slave girl. That wasn’t unusual. This slave girl is possessed; a…