On Parade with Joe and the Boys – Deacon’s homily for Palm Sunday, 2021

Mark 15 As soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You say so.” Then the...
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Saving Seed with Uncle Osie – Deacon’s homily for Fifth Sunday in Lent, 2021

John 12:20-33           Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Beth-sa′ida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And...
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Making a Light with Grandpa Joe – Deacon’s homily for Fourth Sunday in Lent

John 3;14-21 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eterna...
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Jump Start with Jesus -Zion Church Deacon’s Homily For March 7, 2021

John 2:13-22 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of...
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Trying to Stop the Words with Peter – Deacon’s homily for Second Sunday in Lent

Mark 8:31-38 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But...
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Into the Wilderness with Uncle Abe – Deacon’s homily for First Sunday in Lent, 202

Mark 1:9-15 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the...
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urying the Lede with Uncle Osee- Deacon’s homily for February 14, 2021

2 Kings 5:1-14 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from leprosy. Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a...
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Moving On With Johnny – Deacon’s homily for Fifth Sunday after Epi

Mark 1:29-39 And immediately he left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left...
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Calm, Merciful, and Modest

Mark 1:21-28 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclea...
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Saving the World with Lottie Moon – Homily for January 24, 2021

Mark 1:14-20 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his...
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