Zions Stone UCC

Zions Stone UCC

By Sermons from Rev. Mike Landsman, pastor of Zion's Stone UCC in Northampton, PAReligion & Spirituality
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Zions Stone UCC episodes

  • The Door, the Shepherd, & the Gatekeeper
    Drawing from John 10, Pastor Mike preaches on Jesus' description and explanation of being the door, the shepherd, and the proper place and identity of the faithful gatekeeper.
    4th Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    26 min
  • Metanarrative & Misunderstanding
    Drawing from the story of Jesus encountering two disciples on the road to Emmaus, Pastor Mike preaches on Jesus Christ being the metanarrative of the arc of Scripture and of our lives.
    3rd Sunday After Easter: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    18 min
  • Hope Amidst the Test
    Pastor Mike preaches on the living hope that we have in Jesus Christ and how that hope enables us to endure times of testing and hardship as we await our inheritance: salvation.
    2nd Sunday After Easter: Acts 2:14a, 22-32; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    Photo by Feliphe Schiarolli on Unsplash
    24 min
  • Good Friday
    Pastor Mike shares a short reflection on Jesus' arrest in the garden, Peter's cutting off someone's ear, and our own unwillingness to hear and recognize Jesus and what he has done for our salvation.
    Good Friday: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22:1-18, 19-21; John 18:1-19:37
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    11 min
  • Jesus is Lord
    Drawing from St. Paul's epistle to the Philippians and Jesus being judged before Pilate, Pastor Mike preaches on the Lordship of Jesus Christ and how it is exercised through humility.
    Palm/Passion Sunday: Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 27:11-54
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay
    18 min
  • From Grief to Glory
    Pastor Mike preaches on the raising of Lazarus and how it highlights our unrealistic expectations about sickness and death, our experience of grief, and the glory that awaits us if we are Christ's.
    5th Sunday of Lent: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    23 min
  • The Sleeper Must Awaken
    Pastor Mike preaches on St. Paul's instructions to the Ephesians to no longer walk in darkness but to be awakened by the light of Christ and lay aside sin, and how this is highlighted by Jesus' healing of the blind man.
    4th Sunday of Lent: Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    17 min
  • Suffering & Endurance
    Pastor Mike preaches from Romans 5 and what St. Paul says about our having peace with God, as well as the role of suffering in the Christian life and how it produces endurance and character.
    3rd Sunday of Lent: Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    31 min
  • Born From Above
    Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Nicodemus visiting Jesus by night and his confusing Jesus' words about being born from above with born again, and how that confusion continues in our own time.
    2nd Sunday of Lent: Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5,13-17; John 3:1-17
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    21 min
  • Divine Anger
    Drawing from the Jonah story, Pastor Mike preaches on divine anger and its purpose in the biblical narrative and how God's anger is always tied in with, and can be averted by, repentance.
    Midweek Lenten Vespers: Jonah 3:1-10; Luke 21:34-22:6
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    20 min

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The weekly sermons from Rev. Mike Landsman, pastor at Zion's Stone UCC in Northampton, PA.