In chapter 6 of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus goes to his hometown and teaches in the synagogue on the Sabbath. The text doesn’t say exactly what he taught, but one can imagine that it’s similar to what he had taught previously: that the Scriptures are fulfilled in him, that the kingdom of heaven is at hand, because he is here and …
Monthly Archives: September 2015
As a pastor, sometimes events overtake your prepared sermon, as happened to me at the end of June when the US Supreme Court released its ruling that basically recognizes the right of same-sex couples to marry in every state of this Union. This happened on a Friday, so I took the opportunity on the Sunday to talk about this issue …