Rev. Dr. John J. Lolla, Jr. Text: II Timothy 2:16 Old Testament: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 New Testament: II Timothy 2:8-15 We’re into text messages these days. Sound bites. Words partially spelled. Simple thoughts shared. We email a sentence, or two. This is the world of we who keep up with our children and grandchildren. Many of us entered it so we can have a conversation with those we love. Others of us…
Rev. Dr. John J. Lolla, Jr. Text: II Timothy 1:7 Old Testament: Lamentations 3:19-26 New Testament: II Timothy 1:1-14 This morning’s reading from the Scriptures combines two passages that seem totally unrelated to one another. Lamentations 3 captures a glimmer of hope for God’s people after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. Second Timothy 1 is the Apostle Paul’s admonishment of his young friend, Timothy. Paul calls Timothy to give a strong testimony…
Rev. Dr. John J. Lolla, Jr. Text: I Timothy 6:12 Old Testament: Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 New Testament: I Timothy 6:6-19 Charles Darwin describes the natural life of species as the survival of the fittest. In other words, life’s a jungle. Every day we compete to prove we’re brighter, stronger, faster, better than the person sitting next to us. Every day someone’s trying to take our job away from us. But the world…
Rev. Dr. John J. Lolla, Jr. Text: I Timothy 1:19 Old Testament: Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 New Testament: I Timothy 1:12-17 Today is the fifteenth anniversary of 911. The memory of that day remains etched in our minds. This day was a new generation’s coming of age. Many of us who were stunned by 911 were born after Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 served a similar role for an even older generation than…
Rev. Dr. John J. Lolla, Jr. Text: I Timothy 1:19 Old Testament: Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 New Testament: I Timothy 1:12-17 Today is the fifteenth anniversary of 911. The memory of that day remains etched in our minds. This day was a new generation’s coming of age. Many of us who were stunned by 911 were born after Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 served a similar role for an even older generation than…