John 10:1-18Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the

Rev. Olaf Baumann – sermon on John 9.1-41 – St. Matthew & St. Timothy, Sudbury, ON, 03/02/2014     John 9:1-41 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he wa

Rev. Olaf Baumann – sermon on John 4:46-54 - St. Matthew & St. Timothy, Sudbury, ON, 02/16/2014  John 4:46-54 46Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Cape

Are the roots of Todd Akin's 'legitimate rape' comment really religious? The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/legitimate-rape-todd-akin-remarks_n_1823218.html) traces back the notion of women's bodies shutting down fertility to

Pentecost Sermon at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Copper Cliff, Ontario, May 27, 2012 The Coming of the Holy Spirit 1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the

Easter Sunday sermon 2012 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada.

From Harmless Housewife to Teen Sex Slave Images of the Female in a Culture of Sex and Violence   What happened to Women’s Lib in a culture where Teen Dating Violence is the fastest growing area of violence against women? Contemporary culture is

Sermon on Matthew 22.1-14 Preached at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in San Francisco on 10/09/2011. Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are

The Pitfalls of Christian Mission. Every winter, it is the same ritual. Anointed with sunscreen, mostly Americans and Japanese descend on the beach of Waikiki to find out how Sardines feel when they are crammed in a can. Hawaii is the prime location

The dedication of the memorial in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C. has been postponed; however, the monument is already erected, in sight of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Is this where Martin Luther King belongs? For Re