Sermons from June 2024
Earthen Vessels
Earthen Vessels 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Psalms 116:10-15 Sunday, June 16, 2024 at the First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa 4th Sunday after Pentecost 2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. Introduction: Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea: Lots of men need to be useful. When we don’t feel like we can to much anymore, that can be a hard thing…
The Weight of Glory
The Weight of Glory Sunday, June 9, 2024 at the First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the thing which are not seen are eternal. Introduction:…
Lord of the Sabbath
Lord of the Sabbath Mark 2:23-28 Sunday, June 2, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: pleasing God or pleasing people. Which is harder? The passage this morning asks the question, is it easier to please God or to please people? I suppose it depends on the person, and someone considering the holiness of God might answer that pleasing God is harder, but this passage implies that it is people that can be harder to please. …