Armenian Church Community of Tampa Bay St. Petersburg Florida
Sunday Worship & Fellowship: 10:30AM-1:30PM
Sermons on John (Page 2)
Today’s reading describes the Wedding at Cana; the first of Jesus’ seven miracles in the Gospel of John, where Jesus turns water into wine. We correctly use the term miracle, but it is one of those words that has been clouded by many false associations. I prefer the old Armenian word, Nshank, which simply means…
Fences and wells. That’s the analogy that will govern this sermon and which reveals a fundamental truth about our spiritual maturity and openness to God’s blessing at church, at work and at home. Here is how the fences and wells analogy goes. If you are a farmer with a ranch, you can build fences to…
On my way back from a family funeral service for Nora Keuroghlian, God rest her kind soul, I passed a sign in front of a humble church with the phrase “God’s ‘no’ is not a rejection but a redirection.” Funny that a sign on Curlew road can reveal wisdom for our everyday lives which also penetrates the depths of God’s relationship…
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. –Jn 1:1-3 God speaks and we get it, no other creature is like this. So when we…
Very truly, I tell you…the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Jn 6:33 Our family is considering another attempt to travel to Armenia this Summer, and the one thing we are dreading is the 24 hours of planes and layovers. Daddy my shoe fell off. Momma,…
‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ –Jn 6:20 There is a parable from the ancient East about a deadly disease that meets up with a large family travelling by caravan to Baghdad. ‘Why are you travelling to Baghdad?’ asked the family elder. ‘To take five thousand lives,’ said the disease. On the way back, they…