Sermons from January 2025
The Waters of Baptism
The Waters of Baptism Isaiah 43:1-2; Luke 3:21-22 Sunday, January 12, 2025 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction Today is the Sunday that we remember the baptism of Jesus, that He insisted in being baptized along with many others as part of the Ministry of John the Baptist. John had tried to talk Him out of it, saying that He should be the one baptizing John, not the other way around. John had a point, but…
The Wise Still Seek Him
The Wise Still Seek Him Sunday, January 5, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Matthew 2:1-12; Micah 5:2 Introduction Monday, February 6 is the holiday of Epiphany in which the wise men from the east came looking for Jesus, and this caused quite a stir in Jerusalem. The angelic invitation to the shepherds out in the hills of Bethlehem have come and gone though Joseph, Mary and Jesus are still in Bethlehem. Very little is known…