Sermon: Lent 3 The Ultimate Thin Place JOHN 2:13-22 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, bothContinue reading “Lent III: The Ultimate Thin Place”
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Lent II: God in Unexpected Disguise
Sermon: Lent 2 God in Unexpected Disguise Mark 8:31-38 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took himContinue reading “Lent II: God in Unexpected Disguise”
Lent I: Love for the Wilderness to Come
Sermon: Lent I Love for the Wilderness to Come Mark 1.9-15 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. AndContinue reading “Lent I: Love for the Wilderness to Come”
Epiphany VI: The Transfiguration — Light for the Darkness to Come
Sermon: Epiphany VI – Transfiguration Light for the Darkness to Come Mark 9:2-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleachContinue reading “Epiphany VI: The Transfiguration — Light for the Darkness to Come”
Epiphany IV: Confronting the Very Stuff of This World
Sermon: Epiphany IV — Confronting the Very Stuff of This World Mark 1:21-28 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue aContinue reading “Epiphany IV: Confronting the Very Stuff of This World”
Epiphany III: Bada Bing Bada Boom?
Sermon: Epiphany III — Bada Bing Bada Boom? • Mark 1:14-20 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’ As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee,Continue reading “Epiphany III: Bada Bing Bada Boom?”
Epiphany II: God Revealed to Skeptics
Sermon: Epiphany II: God Revealed to Skeptics • John 1:43-51 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in theContinue reading “Epiphany II: God Revealed to Skeptics”
Christmas I: Sermon for an Odd Sunday
Sermon Christmas I 2017 Sermon for an Odd Sunday When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’),Continue reading “Christmas I: Sermon for an Odd Sunday”
Christmas Sermon: Good News that Changes Everything
SERMON: Good News that Changes Everything (Christmas 2017) The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined. (Isaiah 9:2) He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself aContinue reading “Christmas Sermon: Good News that Changes Everything”
Advent III Sermon: “Blessed Are You Who Bear the Light”
John 1:6-8, 19-28 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. This is the testimony given by John when the JewsContinue reading “Advent III Sermon: “Blessed Are You Who Bear the Light””
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