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“…And Even Greater Works”

June 5, 2022

John 14:8-17 Phillip said, “Just show us the Father.” It has echoes of Exodus 33, when Moses asked to see God’s glory. But the Hebrew people believed that if a sinful human being saw God, they would die. Even Moses did not get to see the glory of God, just the “shadow of its passing.”… Read More »

Carrying on His Work

May 29, 2022

Rev. Scott D. Hamley

Ephesians 1:15-23 and Luke 24:44-53 Obviously, we are reading the conclusion of Luke’s Gospel here, and it might seem kind of abrupt. He wraps it up pretty quickly after the resurrection. Now, he knows about the forty days of post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. He mentions them at the beginning of Acts. But he doesn’t devote… Read More »

Finding Peace

May 22, 2022

Rev. Scott D. Hamley

John 14:23-31 This text, like last week’s, is also part of Jesus’ farewell discourse, his “last testament,” which runs from chapters 13-17 in the Gospel of John. Jesus is preparing the disciples for life without his physical presence among them. How can they still love him and have relationship with him if he is not… Read More »

Love and Glory

May 15, 2022

Rev. Scott Hamley

John 13:31-35 Many scholars view this passage as Jesus’ “testament.” A testament was the important words that a parent or teacher delivered to children or disciples just before death. And it is certainly one of the clearest commands of Jesus in the Gospel of John. John doesn’t spend much time on the ethical teachings of… Read More »