Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2020, Dr. Tamilio If we played a game of word association, and I said dog, you would probably say: cat. If I were to say chicken, you would say: egg. If I were to say stewardship, you would say: oh, that’s when pastors tell their churches to give money. […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2020, Dr. Tamilio Today’s Gospel Lesson is sometimes referred to as the parable of the ten virgins; sometimes it is called the parable of the ten bridesmaids. Either way, five of them are seen as wise and five are foolish. You just heard me read it: you can figure […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2020, Dr. Tamilio Has anyone ever asked you for your “elevator speech” when it comes to something you think or believe? Here’s how this works. You get on an elevator on the tenth floor of a building. There’s someone already on the elevator. In the time it takes the […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2020, Dr. Tamilio Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and render unto God that which is God’s. Well, everything belongs to God, so that makes this passage a little difficult. There is nothing that belongs to Caesar that does not truly belong to God. But let’s stick with […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2020, Dr. Tamilio Why the 23rd Psalm? Why is that the Psalm that is the favorite to so many people? Why was that the one you had to memorize in Sunday School? I did, when I was a kid. I remember going home one day and telling my mother […]
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 […]