Calling Out for Change
A Sermon on Luke 3:7-18 [An audio recording of the sermon is available here] I imagine that many of you have heard the latest Christmas...
Wilderness Witness
A sermon on Luke 3: 1-6 [For an audiofile of the sermon, click here] Last week I ended my sermon with a challenge – a challenge to...
Does Ascension Matter?
So, I have to start this sermon by admitting that the Ascension is not something that I really ever talk about… I mean, sure, we mention...
On being a witness
A sermon on John 1:6-8, 19-28 When I was younger, I had a reputation for being very gullible. Have you heard the one about how the word...
Growing Among the Weeds
Sermon on Matt. 13: 24-30, 36-43 (as well as Isaiah 44:6-8; Psalm 86:11-17, and Romans 8:12-25) My children have both been going through...
Dramatic Proclamation: Why Church is Better than Baseball.
Matthew 11: 16-19; 25-30 The proclamation of God’s Word is central to the weekly worship of Christian communities. We hear the Word...
Commissioned to Witness
Holy Trinity Sunday Matthew 28:16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When...
Where are We Looking?
Seventh Sunday of Easter John 17:1-10: "After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come;...