Archive for April, 2020
April 19, 2020 – John 20:19-31
John 20:19-31 Growing in Faith with Thomas Second Sunday of Easter – April 19, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB I love the resurrection stories about the risen Jesus. And one of many fascinating things about them is that none of them are repeated in any of the Gospels. They are all different and […]
April 10-12, 2020 – The Three Days in Three Acts From Death to Life (Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday)
John 18:1-20:18 The Three Days in Three Acts – From Death to Life Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Act I – Good Friday In John’s account of Jesus’ Passion and death is not a defeat but a victory. When Jesus announces from the cross “It is finished” […]
April 5, 2020 – Philippians 2:1-11
Philippians 2:1-11 The Emptiness of Love Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion A – April 5, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same […]
March 29, 2020 – John 11:1-45
John 11:1-45 The Cost of Loving Lent 5A – March 29, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB When Jesus finally arrives at the tomb of his friend Lazarus, he is, our translation says, “Greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.” In Greek the word this attempts to translate is splagchnizodmai. What a […]
