St. Andrew Presbyterian Church El Paso

09/08/2024

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Our message last week included the idea of walking the talk. It’s an important message, and one that shows up in scripture over and over again. It’s a message about being authentic, about having be…

08/25/2024

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The book of Ephesians is a letter written to the church of Ephesus under what we would consider unusual circumstances. We have every reason to believe that when Paul wrote this letter he was in Rom…

08/18/2024

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I used to be a big science fiction reader. I just loved getting lost in the worlds the writers imagined and brought to life. Frank Herbert’s Dune books were epic, in more ways than one. I…

08/11/2024

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I’d like to start off today’s message with a short poem. It’s very short and I’m sure most of you have heard it before, but please humor me just a moment.  “To live above, with saints we love,…

08/05/2024

My readings today took me to the book of Nehemiah. Sorry to say, I see parallels to today. It's about rebuilding what has been broken down. It reminds us that there will be those who mock and actively attack. It also shows a the value of persistence, preparedness, and dedication to a cause bigger than one's self. Take from that what you will.

07/28/2024

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Today we read a passage that was sort of a “twofer”, two miracles for the price of one. We’ll be concentrating on the first on, the feeding of the multitude. John sets the stage for us. He tells us…

07/21/2024

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We tend to have a mixed relationship with authority. We tend to believe that Someone should be in control, give direction, but we recoil at words like “should” and “ought to”. Most of us hear those…

07/15/2024

07/14/2024

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This morning’s Old Testament reading gives us the story of David moving the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. Well, most of it anyway. The lectionary skips over the part recounting how Uzzah reache…

06/30/2024

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We have two scriptures from the lectionary this morning that seem to have very little connection. We have a psalm that seems to be begging for forgiveness or deliverance from the Lord. Commentators…