November 2021 – A Young Christian Theologian’s WordPress

Preaching through Luke: week 4

Luke 4:1-13 “And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be theContinue reading “Preaching through Luke: week 4”

A Christian perspective on Hanukkah

The Jews celebrate Hanukah, a time where God gave oil in the lamps of the Maccabees when they fought for the temple. This event is recorded in 1&2 Maccabees, which are the deuterocanonical books. They are accepted as scripture by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodoxy, but not by Protestants. I have read the two booksContinue reading “A Christian perspective on Hanukkah”

Service for November 28, 2021

First Sunday of Advent In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭25:1-10‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: Let me not be ashamed, let notContinue reading “Service for November 28, 2021”

Preaching through Luke: week 3

Luke 3:1-14 “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of GodContinue reading “Preaching through Luke: week 3”

Preaching through Luke: week 2

Luke 2:1-7 “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went upContinue reading “Preaching through Luke: week 2”

SS Lesson for November 14

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:1-17‬ ‭ Our text today is about practically following Jesus Christ. The opening of the passage teaches us we need to seek for higher things. We need to be prepared for this life, but we should put our faith in Jesus Christ. We have died to our old ways, so we need to makeContinue reading “SS Lesson for November 14”

Preaching through Luke: week 1

Today we are starting Luke Luke 1:1-10 “Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; it seemed good to me also,Continue reading “Preaching through Luke: week 1”

Preaching through Mark: week 16

Mark 16:1-6 “And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they saidContinue reading “Preaching through Mark: week 16”