Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor  © 2020, Dr. Tamilio Ezekiel 18:25: “The way of the Lord is unfair.”  This sounds like last week’s sermon, doesn’t it?  Last week I preached on the parable of the workers in the vineyard and claimed that, when it comes to God’s grace, God is unfair.  Ezekiel (speaking the word […]

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor  © 2020, Dr. Tamilio Last week marked my eighth anniversary of your pastor.  Prior to Canton, I was in Cleveland.  Prior to Cleveland, I was in Kansas City.  I’ll never forget an incident I experienced in my Kansas City church after I delivered a sermon on the Gospel Lesson we […]

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor  © 2020, Dr. Tamilio Today’s readings from Romans and Matthew speak of judgment and mercy.  There are many ways to think about these concepts.  Let’s take judgment, for example.  When we think of that word, we may think of a defendant in court, standing in judgment before the judge.  We […]

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor  © 2020, Dr. Tamilio “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”  The closing line from today’s Gospel lesson.  We often take this to mean that no matter how many people gather for worship, Jesus is there even if there is only two […]

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2020, Dr. Tamilio One day when George W. Bush was President, Air Force One was flying over a desert.  They saw a man with a staff dressed in a robe below — literally in the middle of nowhere.  The plane landed and the President gave orders to retrieve the […]