Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church November 21, 2021 Revelation 21 We’ve been studying the Book of Revelation this Fall because it’s a crazy book written during crazy times. The early church was being hit with challenges, difficulties, and persecution from all sides. It must have seemed like the world was off […]
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 […]
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. 5, 2021 Job 1:13-22 One day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the eldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them, 15 and the Sabeans fell on them and carried them […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church May 9, 2021 Psalm 119:71-72 It is good for me that I was humbled so that I might learn your statutes. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. II Corinthians 12:6-10 But if I wish to boast, […]