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Come and Dine: Invitation by the Risen Lord
Across all the appointed readings, God reveals Himself as the One who meets exhausted, fearful, and disoriented people with sustaining presence. The risen Christ does not first correct, commission, or confront, but invites: “Come and have breakfast” (John 21:12). This divine invitation to eat is never merely about food; it is about restoration, renewal, and…
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The Cross: The Celebration of Life.
Good Friday proclaims a paradox at the heart of the Christian faith: the cross, an instrument of death, becomes God’s decisive act of life-giving love. What appears as defeat is revealed as victory; what looks like weakness becomes the power of God; what seems like the end becomes the beginning of new creation. Across Exodus,…
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The Cross: Manifestation of Grace.
On Passion Sunday, the Church stands before the Cross not as a symbol of divine anger but as the clearest manifestation of God’s grace. Across the readings, one truth resounds: God’s saving power is revealed not through domination but through mercy that bears suffering, forgives sin, and creates new sight and new hearts. The Cross…
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Called to Be Inclusive: The Wide Mercy of God
God’s holiness is not threatened by inclusion; it is revealed through it. Across law, psalm, prophecy, gospel, and epistle, Scripture testifies that the God of Israel is the God who draws near to the outsider, gathers the excluded, and forms a people not by bloodline or boundary but by steadfast love. Inclusion, in the biblical…
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Called to Shoulder One Another’s Burdens
The God revealed in Scripture is not distant from human weakness but draws near through covenantal compassion, restoring dignity to the forgotten, healing the broken, and forming a community where burdens are not borne alone. From David’s mercy to Mephibosheth, to Christ’s healing of the paralyzed man, to Paul’s call to burden-sharing love, Scripture proclaims…
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Christ Redeems All: Divine Love Embraces Everyone
“The gospel does not tell us that God loves people who deserve mercy; it reveals a God whose mercy creates a new kind of deserving. Jonah stands outside Nineveh angry, not because God was unjust, but because God was generous. Psalm 107 reminds us that when people cry out from distress, God does not calculate…
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Compassion: Loving and Suffering Together
Sermon Title: Compassion: Loving and Suffering Together.Occasion: Healing Ministry Sunday, February 8, 2026.Bible Readings: Isa. 42: 1-9 | Psalm 103: 1-14 | James 5: 13-18 | Matt. 9: 35-38 and 2 Kings 5: 8-14, Acts 3: 1-10. Original Language Reflections (For deeper study, refer to the Table of Hebrew and Greek Terms in Section VIII. of the sermon).Website: www.reverendbvr.com Theological