Isaiah 42:1-9 I find myself living in the promises of the prophet Isaiah these days. Especially now I am buoyed up by the certainty that our bruised reeds will not be broken and that our dimly burning wicks will keep on burning. And oh, even as I say this I am looking around for signs …
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Bruised Reeds and Dimly Burning Wicks
Isaiah 42:1-9 Matthew 3:13-17 It is so that I do not remember many sermons — not even my own. Among such a handful, though, is one I listened to more than thirty years ago. I was in my first year of seminary. Daily chapel was held then in an old gymnasium where students and faculty …
Jesus — Who Simply Stood With Sinners
Matthew 3:13-17 I stopped at the County Court House the other day. I don’t go there often — as evidenced by my trying to get in through the exit doors. I quickly discovered that they had changed the entrance to another location where there is more room for the necessary security screening. Indeed, somehow I had forgotten …