Bible Text: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Don’t be afraid. Is it that obvious? Everyone is struggling with something. Some hide it better than others, cover the…
Bible Text: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Over these next weeks, we are our way with Jesus to the Last Supper, the cross, and to the empty tomb…
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 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…
Bible Text: Micah 5:2-5a | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Though you are small, I will bring forth great things from you (5:2). This is what God is saying. Encouragement for…