This sermon is dedicated to Linn Flint, Our incredible Office Administrator for the past 20 years. We celebrated her ministry and retirement on May 14, 2023. Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC May 14, 2023 I was going to read a passage from II Chronicles 3. In the essence of […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Jan. 29, 2023 Romans 12:9-21 A couple years ago I was having a planning meeting with a couple, just a few weeks prior to their wedding day. I asked them if they’d selected their scripture passages. The bride said, “Yes, it’s this one. May I read it?” […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC Jan. 15, 2023 Acts 9:23-30 Note: The Saul in this passage is the Apostle Paul, one of the most important Christians who ever lived! Saul was a Pharisee and a fierce persecutor of the first Christians. Then he had a miraculous experience on the road to Damascus […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Nov. 7, 2021 Revelation 19:3-9 First, I’d like to comment on Three Fairly Well-known and often Misused Details from the Book of Revelation. The Number “666” Revelation 13:18 “This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC Sept. 26, 2021 Revelation 4 “Until now the symbols in Revelation have been relatively straightforward and their meaning relatively easy to understand. From here onward they become more difficult and complex. Nevertheless, by using a disciplined imagination one can follow the author’s meaning, at least to some […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC Sept. 19, 2021 Revelation 2:1-7 Last Sunday: Title: “Revelation” not “Revelations” Vs. 1:1 – “The revelation of Jesus Christ” Author: traditional view, most likely John the Apostle, the only disciple to live into old age. Date: written late First Century during persecution under Emperor […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church May 16, 2021 I’m very grateful to our staff, our leaders, all our committees, all our members and friends who participated in the church and its ministries this past year. It was a year we’ll never forget. It’s easily been one of the most meaningful, challenging and […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 21, 2021 II Peter 1:16-18 (Some parts of scripture are stories that were told and retold over many, many years and eventually written down by those with no firsthand knowledge of the events. Notice in this passage that it’s written by an eyewitness, Peter.) For we did […]
The Teachings of the Upper Room Series Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church March 8, 2020 John 13:34-35, John 15:9-12 The setting for these words is the night of Last Supper, Thursday night of Holy Week. It’s the night before the Cross. The disciples and Jesus are in Jerusalem, the holy city, but […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 2, 2020 Genesis 1:26-28 26Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals […]