Bible Text: John 1:10 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | In the eighty-first psalm, the voice of the people of God, in slavery in Egypt, says, “I hear a voice I…
Bible Text: Jeremiah 23:1-6 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Today is a day for wrapping up. Next Sunday, I’ll start telling the story from the top once again. What…
Bible Text: 2 Thessalonians 3:3-16 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Second Thessalonians is short. When I first read through the Bible, it was a real relief finally to get to…
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: 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 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 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…