Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 6, 2022 Selections from Job An Outline of the Book of Job Prologue – Job Is Tested (1-2 written in prose) Job’s Soliloquy (3) The Great Debate: 1st Cycle of Speeches (4-14) The Great Debate: 2nd Cycle of Speeches (15-21) The Great Debate: 3rd Cycle […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Jan. 23, 2022 It’s been several weeks since we read from the Book of Revelation. So it’s time! Revelation 5:8-10 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Dec. 26, 2021 Luke 2:1-7 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Dec. 5, 2021 Please turn to the Book of Revelation, Ch. 27. Just kidding! The longest sermon series I’ve ever done (the Book of Revelation) has finally finished! Just in time for Christmas! Luke 2:8-20 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Nov. 14, 2021 We’re studying the book of Revelation this Fall because it was written during a very trying time in the history of the early church. I think you’d agree with me that we are currently living through very trying times. The earliest Christians refused […]
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 October 31, 2021 Revelation 12 I had a Professor in College who spent Easter weekend on the island of Patmos, where John was when he wrote the Book of Revelation. My professor said that when the clock struck midnight Saturday night, the night before Easter Sunday, […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Oct. 24, 2021 Revelation 10 & 11 Book of Revelation Sermon Series – A Crazy Book for Crazy Times (then & now) Our passage this morning features an angel. Angels are often pictured today as cute chubby infants with harps. The Book of Revelation has fierce angels who do […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC Oct. 17, 2021 Revelation 8 & 9 We’re studying the Book of Revelation this Fall – “A Crazy Book for Crazy Times.” Last Sunday we looked at the 7 Seals – they were attached to a scroll that unfolds the End Times as each seal is […]
Pastor Rich Knight Oct. 10, 2021 Revelation 6:1-8, 7:9-17 We’re studying the Book of Revelation this Fall. I’m calling this series, “A Crazy Book for Crazy Times.” Revelation was written during crazy, tumultuous times, and the times we’re living in are certainly beyond the bounds of normal. As we’ve said before, Revelation was […]