Pastor Hogan
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May 07
Faith Formation on the Wilderness Road
Acts 8:26-39 When you hear “evangelize or evangelist” what do you think of? Often the idea of someone pointing a finger into someone’s chest and saying if you do not believe, you are going to hell. I think the Scriptures this week is helping us realize that we are involved in “faith formation” in our …
Apr 25
Was-faith OR Is-faith?
Luke 24:13-35 Some of the saddest words in the Gospels is in verse 21 “But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.” Have you ever noticed that some of the saddest words in our language begin with the letter D? For example, disappointment, doubt, disillusionment, defeat, despair and death. All of …
Apr 15
The Story That Sounds Like a Dream
Luke 24:1-12 But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. (24:11) One of my favorite scholars made an interesting observation about the Resurrection Accounts in the Gospels. “They are told in whispers,” he observed. He meant that these stories are told as if the witnesses thought they could …
Apr 10
LET’S CELEBRATE!
Exaltation, Jubilation, Anticipation, Celebration, Expectation—these would be words that characterize the people surrounding Jesus as he makes his “Triumphal Entry” into Jerusalem. And if the people did not celebrate, Jesus said the rocks would’ve cried out. It is great to approach something with anticipation. Like a child for Christmas, or a family with the arrival …
