Zions Stone UCC

Pastor Mike preaches on how the unity of love that the Father and the Son (and the Spirit) share is given to us to unite us with God.

Pastor Mike preaches on Sts. Paul & Barnabas healing of the crippled man, the reaction of the people in Lystra to the healing, their response to the people's reaction, and how Jesus is the one whom their stories of divine visitation point towards.

6th Sunday in Easter, Year C: Acts 14:8-18; Revelation 21:1-4, 22-27, 22:1-5; John 14:21-29

Pastor Mike preaches on Saul's encounter with Jesus and the helaing of the eyes of his soul and how our vision of Jesus heals ours too.

3rd Sunday in Easter: Acts 9:1-19a, Revelation 5:6-14; John 21:1-14

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Pastor Mike preaches on being partners with one another in tribulation, the kingdom of God, and patient endurance as we await his appearing and our life in the age to come.

Pastor Mike preaches on the non partiality of the hope of the resurrection, how the gospel is for all people, and the power inherent in the proclamation of the risen Christ before concluding that Christ's bodily resurrection is so essential to our faith that to deny it is to deny our faith and cuts us off from its power.

Pastor Mike preaches on the various reactions of the perpetrators and onlookers of Jesus' crucifixion and how their responses are paralleled today.

Pastor Mike preaches on the link between the lambs slain and eaten at the first Passover and Christ's institution of the Eucharist.

Pastor Mike preaches on the story of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem contrasting that with a Roman triumph culminating with Jesus' enthronement on the cross.

Palm Sunday, Year C: Luke 19:29-40; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 23:1-49

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Pastor Mike preaches on how in spite of St. Paul's many accomplishments, he considered all of them to be nothing in the light of knowing Jesus and necessity of growth in Jesus as we live with the resurrection as the goal to which we are striving towards.

5th Sunday in Lent, Year C: Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:7-16; Luke 20:9-19

Pastor Mike preaches on God speaking to Moses through the burning bush and how God uses things to grab our attention to draw us back to Christ.

3rd Sunday in Lent, Year C: Exodus 3:1-15; I Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-17