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Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now              Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  A Foretaste of Glory Divine    Scripture Reading: Matthew 17:1-9  The story of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ is described in all the Synoptic Gospels. The first three Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke—are called the Synoptic Gospels because they share similar perspectives and timelines of Jesus’ ministry. The Gospel of John is different. When you read John’s Gospel, you notice that it does not follow the same timeline. Instead, it presents a deeper theological picture, focusing more on who Jesus is rather than simply what Jesus did. The Transfiguration is a foretaste of the glory of the resurrection. As you heard in today’s reading, while they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus instructed the disciples not to tel...

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now              Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Prepared in the ordinary    Scripture Reading: Luke 2:39-52  Today we continue with the Christmas story—one more Sunday reflecting on the life of Jesus as we encounter it after the Christmas celebration. The passage we heard today is the only story we have about Jesus between his infancy and the beginning of his public ministry around the age of thirty. This account of Jesus at twelve years old is the only story of his boyhood accepted by the early church as part of Holy Scripture. There are many other stories about Jesus from the first and second centuries, but when the early church fathers canonized the Scriptures, they chose to include only this account. The others contained elements that did not align with the Word of ...

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now              Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Does God Really Care?     Scripture Reading: Mark 4:35-41 (Jesus Calms the Storm) The passage we are reading today, Mark 4:35-41, is one of the most familiar stories found in all four Gospels. It’s a story of Jesus calming a storm while on a boat with His disciples. However, this moment is not just about a miraculous act over nature—it’s about faith, fear, and God's care in the midst of life’s storms. There are two instances in the Gospels where Jesus calms storms. One was when Peter wanted to walk on water, and Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. In that story, Jesus wasn’t initially in the boat with them. But the passage we’re focusing on today is different. This time, Jesus is already in the boat with the disciples. ...