The New Covenant October 4, 2009 Aldred Neufeldt Jeremiah 31:31-40 Core of the text ‘ 31 “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was…
Filing a Complaint September 27, 2009 Michele Rizoli Psalm 89 (Background: Psalm has been read by two readers contrasting verses: 9-21 with 38-39, 22-28 with 40-44, 29-32 with 45, 33-37 with 46-51, verse 52 together) What is going on in this Psalm? It starts with a anthem to God’s awesomeness in creation, to God’s superiority over other gods. It then recounts the psalmist’s version of God’s covenant with the Davidic dynasty, then enumerates all the ways he perceives that…
Another Look September 20, 2009 David Brubacher Jeremiah 52:31-34 Luke 5:1-11 Recently I was reading a classic piece of literature that highlights the significance of taking another look. I quote, “I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am.” After much coaxing, the Cat-in-the Hat finally says to Sam-I-am, “Sam! If you will let…
Under God’s Wings September 13, 2009 David Brubacher Psalm 91 Luke 4:1-13 As a young boy, one of my jobs on my grandfather’s farm was helping to look after the chickens. I remember being afraid of the roosters. I was pecked by one, actually breaking my skin. The chickens could also be nasty as I had to dig under them to gather the eggs from the nests. This was before the modern chicken barn…
What we Do with Money September 6, 2009 Tobin Reimer Luke 12:13-21 (NIV) Good morning. The summer has come to an end and today is the last week in our summer series on All of God’s Creation. And this morning I’m going to speak about money. So how is does money tie into the summer theme? Well, there is a very easy answer for that: God created all things, so God created money too. Everything…
JUST BECAUSE…? August 30, 2009 David Brubacher Genesis 2:4b-17 Matthew 4:1-1 Just because…? Just because we are able to do something, does that mean we should do it? That whatever we do is okay? That it does not matter? These are questions that came to me one afternoon a few weeks ago as I walked through some of the downtown and waterfront areas of Toronto. I had some time between downtown appointments…
“This Land was Made for You and Me.” August 16, 2009 Tim Schmucker Jeremiah 29: 1,4-7; Romans 8:18-25. TUMC summer series “All God’s Creation” Please stand and join in the sermon introduction: This land is your land, This land is my land, From Bonavista, to Vancouver Island From the Arctic Circle to the Great Lakes waters, This land was made for you and me. “This Land Is Your Land”, Woody Guthrie’s 1940 ode to the land we call home,…
Grandeur of Dappled Things August 9, 2009Jodie Boyer Hatlem and Doug Johnson Hatlem PIED BEAUTY(Gerard Manley Hopkins) GLORY be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter, original, spare, strange;Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise…
Salt and Light Vern Riediger Scripture Reading: Matthew 5: 13-16; “Salt and Light” 13 You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the…
Creation & Physics July 5, 2009Ryan Janzen My message this morning is on Creation and physics, and how the way we think of the two separately, and together, can have a profound impact on our faith. I ask that the Lord bless our thoughts as we think about these things. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Ryan Janzen; I work with physics and engineering as part of my Ph.D. work, and I’m also…