Understanding the Jesus of the Gospels
Sermons from the Gospels
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Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA First, let me begin by admitting that a lot of this message below comes from out of my studies of the commentaries of William Barclay on the Gospels and the in specific here of the Lord’s Prayer. So, if I spark interest on your part to discover more, I recommend Barclay’s…
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Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20 Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA In this passage in Luke this morning, we see Jesus considering the task he has at hand. Jesus is looking ahead at the many opportunities and possibilities that lie before him in his ministry. “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” At the same time,…
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Luke 8: 26-39 Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA This passage in Luke’s Gospel this morning is a difficult one to preach on. To phrase it succinctly, there are two issues that we modern day readers come up against here that make it difficult to see the forest for a couple of trees that get in our…
