Category: Sermons

• “Promises, Promises”

  

  Context matters, including for the Biblical promises, but the deep promise of God’s redemptive purposes for humankind is itself the context for all of our lives.

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  September 25, 2022

  Sermons

  God, Jeremiah 32:1-15, redemption, trust

• “An Awful Good Symbol”

  

  The symbolism of the cross might not seem to be that positive, at first

  HAT

  September 18, 2022

  Sermons

  Jesus, John 3:14-17, Numbers 21:4-9, symbols, the cross

• “Our Problem”

  

  Jesus’ parables of the lost sheep and lost coin, told to grumbling Pharisees and scribes, raise a lot of uncomfortable questions …

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  September 11, 2022

  Sermons

  gospel, lost, lost and fallen world, Luke 15:1-10, repentance, seek and save the lost

• “Unbearable”

  

  Is Jesus really telling people they need to go “all in” to be his disciples?

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  September 4, 2022

  Sermons

  discipleship, exegesis, gospel, Jesus, Luke 14:25-35

• “Words for the Great Ordeal”

  

  John relays a message for Christians going through “the great ordeal” now. We still need these words: “Come, Lord Jesus!” and “Come, everyone who is thirsty!”

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  August 29, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, evangelism, hermeneutics, outreach, Revelation 22:8-17, theology

• “Keeping and Blessing”

  

  Keeping the witness of Jesus Christ before our minds and hearts is a blessing in itself, that leads to further blessings.

  HAT

  August 21, 2022

  Sermons

  gospel, Jesus Christ, promises, Revelation 22:1-7

• “Construction Zone”

  

  a sermon drawn from Revelation 21:9-25

  HAT

  August 14, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, ecclesiology, eschatology, Jesus Christ, Revelation 21:9-25, spiritual formation, theology, worship

• “Not a Fire and Brimstone Sermon”

  

  we do not need to fear difficult scriptural texts, if we read the Bible through the confidence of faith

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  August 7, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, faith hope and love, Jesus Christ, meditating on scripture, Revelation 21:1-8, the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• “Idols, Images, and Idioms”

  

  A sermon on Colossians 3:1-11 Paul is still working on firming up the Colossians’ commitment to Christ and to the way of Jesus Christ, by keeping them oriented towards the big, really big, reality of the invisible God. He’s told them Christ is the visible image of that invisible God – but … at this […]

  HAT

  July 31, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, Colossians 3:1-11, exegesis, idolatry, Jesus Christ

• “Signs Visible and Invisible”

  

  A recurring theme in the epistle to the Colossians is the reality – and importance – of things invisible …

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  July 25, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, Colossians 2:6-19, exegesis, faith hope and love, Jesus Christ, super-empirical reality, theology

• “Hope-full-ness”

  

  A sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

  HAT

  July 17, 2022

  Sermons

  Colossians 1:15-29, creation, exegesis, hope, Jesus Christ, suffering, theodicy, theology

• “Too Easy”

  

  a sermon based on Deuteronomy 30:11-14 and Luke 10:25-28

  HAT

  July 11, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, faith hope and love, grace, Torah

• “Fruit of the Spirit of Freedom”

  

  Jesus Christ was entirely free, and frees us for the same undaunted Spirit-led freedom

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  July 3, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, freedom, fruit of the spirit, Galatians 5:1, Galatians 5:13-26, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, religion and politics

• “Following with Us”

  

  a sermon on Luke 9:43-62

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  June 26, 2022

  Sermons

  Christian ideas and practices, discipleship, Jesus, love your enemies, Luke 9:43-62, the least