Revelation 21: 1-6
All Saints Sunday
All things new.
That’s what we believe as Christians.
A new heaven. A new earth. Everyone of our loved ones who has died in the faith, possibly a whole lot of others, maybe even everybody, made completely new. You and me, made completely new.Read More »All Things New
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch
St. Stephen Presbyterian Church
Fort Worth,TX
Communion Sunday and the Baptism of Eunice Kang
Mark 7: 31-37
James 1: 17-27
Today we’re baptizing Eunice Kang, the daughter of JC and Jung Kang. JC is the seminary student we’re sponsoring at Columbia Seminary. But we’re also performing the Lord’s Supper, which means we’re performing both the sacraments that Presbyterians believe in.
Now when yours truly was in seminary, I was taught that one of the main purposes of the sacraments is drama. When I heard that, a little light went off in my head. See, I was an actor for quite a while myself. The sacraments are dramatic—of course! When we do the sacraments, we are actors in a play. Read More »Sacramental Drama
Isaiah 40.27-31 Psalm 130 Colossians 3.1-17 John 15.1-11
August 12, 2012
What do Christians have in common with frogs, snakes, turtles and seals? Certain frogs, snakes, and turtles are amphibian as are seals, able to live both on land and water. Christians, as Paul tells the Colossians, live on earth; however, we must set our minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Christians must live in two worlds—the earthly world and the not earthly world, described metaphorically as the place where Christ is seated at the right hand of God, meaning the world where Christ reigns in the power of God. Read More »YOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN IN CHRIST[i]
