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: 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…
Bible Text: Acts 16:11-15 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Before Paul and Timothy arrive in Philippi, they had tried to make Jesus known in a couple other places. Luke tells…
Bible Text: Acts 11:1-18 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | None of us are immune from the Us/Them mentality. Our interpretation of Scripture, in a way, permits such thinking: Jesus tells…
Bible Text: Acts 9:36-43 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | There are many place names in the Bible. If we had been born and raised in that part of the world,…
Bible Text: Acts 9:1-20 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Saul didn’t know Jesus. Blind, thrown down in the dust there on the road, Saul calls the one speaking to him…
Bible Text: John 12:1-8 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Jesus and his disciples are celebrating, eating; it’s a joyful occasion: the one who brought life is with them. Lazarus who…
Bible Text: 2 Corinthians 5:13-21 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | For quite some time, Christians didn’t need to think very much about their faith and beliefs. Yes, sure, society and…
Bible Text: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | God sends the people He is setting free through the parted waters of the sea. The Egyptians are in hot…