Pastor Scott's Musings

 Sermon for Centenary UMC (Lebanon) on February 18, 2024 [Title Slide] Baptisms (Mark 1:9-15) [Slide] 9  In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  10  And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him.  11  And a voice came from the heavens, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”   [Slide] 12  And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.  13  He was in the wilderness forty days, tested by Satan, and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels waited (served or ministered) on him.   [Slide] 14  Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the good news of God  15  and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”           ...

 Sermon for Centenary UMC (Lebanon) on February 11, 2024 Love is All You Need (John 3:16-18; 15:12-17) 16  “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17  “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.  18  Those who believe in him are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. (John 3:16-18) Jesus told his disciples… 12  “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  13  No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  14  You are my friends if you do what I command you.  15  I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, ...

 Sermon for Speedway UMC on July 16, 2023 Sibs (Genesis 25:19-34) God is good! All the Time! I’m Scott Tyring, and I used to serve this congregation as associate pastor from 2003 to 2008. and I work just down the street at Conkle Funeral Home. When Michele and I moved to Speedway in 2003 our kids were in 4 th grade, 7 th grade, and 9 th grade. Our kids are now young adults, and we have three young grandchildren, Margot, Maddox and Rowan. Pastor G asked me to preach, and we decided to continue your study of Genesis.   Genesis is one of my favorite books of the entire Bible because it introduces us to the greatest story ever told. God’s story, which gives meaning to our very lives, starts in Genesis. The title Genesis comes from the Hebrew Be’reshit which means “in the   beginning.”   In the beginning God…!   Genesis reveals a God who creates universe with a command, “Let there be…” By God’s word, the heavens and earth were created. All the wonders of th...

  Luke 22:1-38 22 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near. 2 The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people. 3 Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve; 4 he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them. 5 They were greatly pleased and agreed to give him money. 6 So he consented and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them when no crowd was present. 7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it.” 9 They asked him, “Where do you want us to make preparations for it?” 10 “Listen,” he said to them, “when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house he enters 11 and sa...