The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2026, John Tamilio III There’s an old saying among pastors that the Christmas and Easter sermons are the hardest to write.  I mean, how many different ways can you say that Jesus was born and that he rose from the dead.  I mean this in all seriousness.  […]

Easter Message The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III At Bible Study the other night, we read the account of the resurrection in all four Gospels.  We compared and contrasted them to see what was unique to each and what details they shared.  We noted the central role that the women who followed Jesus played in […]

© 2026, Dr. Tamilio The Palm Sunday story is pretty straight forward, and most preachers say (roughly) the same thing about it every year.  Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.  It is the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy from Zechariah 9:9, which reads, Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king […]

The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III There’s something interesting about the story of Lazarus before we even get to the miracle itself.  Jesus waits to go to him.  He waits two days to see his friend once he gets word.  By the time he gets to Bethany, which is on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Lazarus […]

The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor Three days ago, a man drove a truck through the front of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan.  The man was shot by a security guard before he could take any lives.  The synagogue houses a school that has 140 students.  There was an armed guard on site, […]

The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor I think it is safe to say that John 3:16 is the most often-quoted passage in all of the Bible, at least for Christians.  You see held high on placards at football games, stuck to the back of cars on bumper stickers, and burned into people’s flesh as […]

Sunday, March 8, 2026 ~ Lent III  Water is one of the four primary elements — the other three being air, earth, and fire.  The world is made up of 71% water.  We are made up of 60% water.  Without water, we would die.  Likewise, too much water would kill us. But there is another […]

The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor  When the Pilgrims set out for the New World, they intended to land in Virginia.  Inclement weather forced them to anchor further north, just off the tip of Cape Cod.  Aboard the Mayflower, forty-one of the 102 passengers signed the Mayflower Compact — a 200-word document that was […]

Rev. John Tamilio III, Pastor Salvation.  It’s one of the central doctrines of the Christian faith.  Christians believe they are saved by the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.  The very word saved means that a person was rescued from peril.  Therefore, when we say that we are saved by the atoning work of […]

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor If it weren’t for the Reformation, I wouldn’t be delivering this sermon.  Yes, Protestant churches are a result of this pivotal sixteenth-century movement, but that is not what I’m talking about.  When Martin Luther railed against abuses that were prevalent throughout the Roman Catholic Church, he made a crucial claim […]