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…
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Let Your Sword Be Prayer

April 19, 2019
Bible Text: John 18:10-11 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Where did Peter get a sword?  How long had he been carrying that around?  He has it with him, that night,…

“Who Am I, to Judge?”

February 24, 2019
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…
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A Crown for the Lord

January 20, 2019
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…
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Ultimate, Final

November 25, 2018
Bible Text: Revelation 1:4-8 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Every so often, our Scripture reading brings us to Revelation.  We call it a book; it’s much closer to a vision,…

Purifying Discipleship

September 30, 2018
Bible Text: Mark 9:42-50 | Preacher: Paul Kucera Woe to the one who causes one of mine to stumble, to sin (9:42).  Woe to that culprit especially if he or…
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Bible Text: Mark 8:27-38 | Preacher: Paul Kucera John the Baptist, or Elijah, or one of the prophets—that’s pretty good company.  Have you ever asked someone who he or she…
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He Gives Us Himself

August 12, 2018
Bible Text: John 6:41-51 | Preacher: Paul Kucera Moses, Buddha, Mohammed—each pointed to a way, a way of living, an ethical system.  A way of life.  Jesus does not come…
This week, we get another perspective on part of what I read and preached on last Sunday.  Then, we heard from St. Mark, a later companion of Peter.  Scholars are…
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Truth and Consequences

May 20, 2018
Bible Text: John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 | Preacher: Paul Kucera Pentecost is a day of power.  Every Sunday should be a day of power.  Indeed—every day that we live in Christ…