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, 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 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 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 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, […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church May 2, 2021 John 20:24-29 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails […]
April 25, 2021 Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Holy Scripture: Matthew 28:20 – Remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” I John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all […]
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 […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 17, 2021 – Ash Wednesday Of all our holy days and holidays Ash Wednesday is the most blunt and the most honest. Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Oh, and Happy Ash Wednesday! Can you think of another holiday […]