O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of BethlehemBy Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch 12•24•19 Micah 5: 2-5a • Luke 2: 1-20 You may not know this, but Bethlehem is… Read More »O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of BethlehemBy Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch 12•24•19 Micah 5: 2-5a • Luke 2: 1-20 You may not know this, but Bethlehem is… Read More »O Little Town of Bethlehem
Of Prophets and Messiahs When I was a kid growing up in Spartanburg, SC, my parents would often take my sister Lise and me on… Read More »Of Prophets and Messiahs
Reign “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven has come near.” That is the message of John the Baptist. And our gospel writer, Matthew, tells us,… Read More »Reign
Future Shock or Future Hope? Recently I’ve been reading a couple of books by a historian at Hebrew University in Jerusalem named Yuval Noah Harrari.… Read More »Future Shock or Future Hope?
“You know that among the gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.”… Read More »But It Is Not So Among You
Around the year 167 Before the birth of Christ, the people of Judea were in a bad way. Since Alexander the Great had conquered their… Read More »Hope
“Implicit Grace” By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch September 8, 2019 Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14: 25-33 The Letter to Philemon has been a… Read More »Implicit Grace
“Ultimately, one should not ask what the meaning of her life is, but rather must recognize that it is she who is asked. In a… Read More »So Great A Cloud of Witnesses
Witness What God Has Done By Todd Overton Every summer, the Christian Education Ministry at St. Stephen sends our young people out into the world… Read More »Witness What God Has Done
Jesus tells us the story of a practical person who does everything right. As we are all advised, even when we go to retirement seminars… Read More »Greed v. God