Texts & Discussion:

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
Psalm 8
Revelation 21:1-6a
Matthew 25:31-46

Other Resources:

Commentary:
Matthew Henry,    Wesley

Word Study:
Robertson

Sermons:

• When We See, Matthew 25:31-46  by Rev Randy Quinn         (see below)
   
• Sermon: Sheep and Goats, Mathew 25:31-46, by Rev. Thomas Hall
    

• A Day of New Beginnings, Genesis 1:1-5 (& Mark 1:4-11), by Rev. Randy Quinn  
   

• Giving Like God Gives  Matthew 25:31-46, by Rev. Frank Schaefer
   

• Judgment Day’s a Comin’  Mathew 25:31-46, by Rev. Thomas Hall
   

• Meeting Christ's least brothers and sisters Mathew 25:31-46, by Rev. Frank Schaefer
   

• When Vision Is Inadequate, Revelation 21:1-6, by Rev. Jon Tsubi
   

• The Cobbler and His Guest, Mathew 25:31-46, by HW in HI

Other New Year's Sermons (off lectionary):

• The Meaning of Life, Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, Matthew 5:1-6
  by Rev. F. Schaefer
   
• Another New Year, Ecclesiastes 1: 1-11 and Luke 2:41-50
  by Rev. Frank Schaefer

Other Resources:

• A History of New Year's Day, an informative article

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When We See
a sermon based on Matthew 25:31-46
by Rev. Randy Quinn

There are two kinds of people in the world. There are the people who separate the world into two parts and there are those who do not.

In seminary I had a professor who had a word for those who divided the world into two parts. And in almost every lecture he gave, he found a way to use the word. I’ve only seen the word a couple of times since my seminary days, and I’ve often wondered if I would ever use it. In fact, we had an ongoing challenge to find ways to use the word, but I never had an opportunity. Today is my first chance to use the word.

Bifurcate. Have any of you ever heard the word before? When you bifurcate something, you divide it into two pieces.

We often see that happen in political rhetoric, but it doesn’t just happen there.

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