Understanding the Jesus of the Gospels
Sermons from the Gospels
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Luke 24: 13-35 Offered to the United Presbyterian Church of Alpha, NJ on April 19, 2026 Mel Prestamo, Ruling Elder PCUSA We have here in Luke’s Gospel what Bible Scholar William Barclay calls one of the more extraordinary and immortal short stories of the Bible. In the Contemporary English Version, Chapter 24 of Luke’s Gospel…
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John 20: 19-31 Offered to the congregation of the Long Valley Presbyterian Church, Long Valley, NJ April 12, 2026, by Mel Prestamo, Ruling Elder PCUSA This passage from John begins the story of the culmination of Jesus’ first day being resurrected as the Christ [the Chosen One] of God. Previously, his body has been taken…
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Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA Luke 24 What we do here at this table is an extraordinary thing. Granted the elements that we begin with are quite ordinary – common bread, grape juice or wine, ordinary plates & cups, a cloth and a wooden table. Ordinary things – “signs” Augustine would have called them. In ancient…
