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Understanding the Bible – Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022


Today we begin a journey of Understanding the Bible.  In seven lessons or about 100 minutes, I'll be teaching through the Bible from start to finish.  We'll…

Unlikely Companions

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021


The prophet Elijah is known as one of the great prophets of the people of Israel, called by God to speak God's words to the

Send Me

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021


In the 8th century BCE, a young man named Isaiah was living in Jerusalem.  He lived during the reign of four different kings:  Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.  These were not the glory days of the kingdom of Israel.  These were not the days of the triumphs of David, or the wisdom of Solomon.  By this time, that once great kingdom

Pentecost

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021


Today is Pentecost in the church; I just read you the story of Pentecost from the Book of Acts.  This is one of a handful of

Love One Another

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021


“During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive

The Falling Spirit

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021


The Falling Spirit Our passage begins in the middle of a story. The apostle Peter is giving a sermon and he is suddenly interrupted by

I Am The True Vine

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021


Before beginning the sermon this morning, I want to tell you about an important project underway at Knox, which actually goes along with the theme

Living in the Tension Between Truth and Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021


This is a transcription of the video message Adam Fronczek offered on Sunday, April 25, 2021.    Today, as we continue the season of Easter

These Are My Words

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021


Our passage begins with “While they were talking about this…”, so let's go back a few verses to see what they were talking about. On

Why We Are Here

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021


Sarah Aldrich's relationship with Knox was beautiful.  She loved this place.  She played bells and sang in the choir and served as the music librarian. 

Easter 2021

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021


As we hear the Easter story today, I want to take a moment to think about some other stories you know.  Think for a moment

Palm Sunday: from Palms to Ashes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021


On this Palm Sunday, due to the pandemic we miss the palm procession by our young people that usually leads us into worship this day.

ENCOUNTERS WITH JESUS: THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021


Scripture: John 4:1-41. The complete scripture may be found at the end of the sermon. This is a transcription of the video message Adam Fronczek

Encounters with Jesus: the Blind Man

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021


During today's sermon, I am going to invite you once again into a story from the Gospel of John about someone who has an encounter

Encounters with Jesus: Lazarus

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021


Meet Ted Lasso.  Ted Lasso is the lead character in a new comedy on Apple TV that bears his name.  It's got a lot of

Encounters with Jesus: Nicodemus

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021


In the story we read today, we are confronted by not one, but two of the most recognizable sound bites in Christianity.  One is John

Receiving the Mantle

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021


Sermon It may not be obvious at first, but the story about Elijah and Elisha—especially the ending where Elijah ascends in the chariot of fire

Cosmic Consolation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021


In the 12-Step Program of Recovery from the disease of addiction, a primary vehicle of the spiritual solution the program offers is meetings, when members

What Have You To Do With Us?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021


In our Gospel story today, Jesus performs his first act of his public ministry in the Galilean seaside town of Capernaum. It is the sabbath

Fishers of People

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021


The calling of Jesus' disciples is a story I remember clearly from childhood Sunday School.  I remember coloring and pasting and moving around the felt

Come and See!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021


It's tempting–especially when tensions are high in the culture around us and the news is all people seem to talk about–to expect sermons to be

Beginnings and Endings

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021


As I sometimes do, I wish to offer a word of caution before I begin today.  The content of this sermon will be difficult.  You

A Diligent Search

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021


This week we celebrate Epiphany in the life of the church, the celebration of the revealing of Jesus' birth to the nations beyond Judea, beyond

A Message for Christmas Eve

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020


It was in the year 1223, almost 800 years ago, that the first nativity scene appeared at Christmastime.  St. Bonaventure tells the story in his

A Christmas of Possibility

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020


Introduction There is a passage from Paul's Letter to the Philippians that is often read on this Fourth Sunday of Advent.  Some have called it

Be of Good Cheer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020


Well, here we are on the Third Sunday of Advent, a little less than two weeks before Christmas.  It's an unusual year to say the

Prepare the Way

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020


Six centuries before the birth of Jesus, God's people dreamt of going home.  In 598 BC, Jerusalem was sacked, and the Temple destroyed, and following

In the Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020


To offer some background of our passage today, the Israelites have lived in Egypt for 430 years. Over those centuries the population of Israel swelled

Sheep & Goats

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020


It seems to me like it's been kind of a dizzying week.  High hopes for a vaccine are updated daily, but for most of us,

The Parable of the Talents

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020


This great parable that Jesus tells in the 25th chapter of Matthew is better understood if we first say what it is not about.  For

Salt and Light

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020


Once again this week, I had an experience that seems unique to this strange time of pandemic.  I had planned to work on my sermon

An Imago Dei Issue

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020


Scripture: Matthew 12:1-12.   The scripture readings may be found at the end of the sermon. This is a written transcription of the video message Jana

The Greatest Commandment + A Tough Question

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020


The Question of Paying Taxes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020


  The Question of Paying Taxes By Adam Fronczek                                                              October 18, 2020 Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22.   The scripture readings may be found at the end

A Baptism-Shaped Life

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2020


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Seek the Welfare: Trees & Fruits

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020


Seek the Welfare: You Cannot Serve Two Masters

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2020


Seek the Welfare: Blessed are the Poor

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020


A Community of Listeners

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020


Click here to read the sermon from 9-6-2020

Never Be Thirsty

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020


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Eden out of Wilderness

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020


Click here to read the sermon from 8-23-2020

Teachable: A Lesson from Jeremiah

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020


It’s Me

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020


Click here to read the sermon from 8-9-2020

Teachable: Jacob’s Store

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2020


Click here to read the sermon from 7-26-2020

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