Text: Ephesians 5:11: “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” Yesterday the Saturday morning Lenten study considered the differences and similarities between icons and…
Text: Romans 4:5: “...to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.” Just so there is no confusion, I’ll say at the…
Text: Romans 5:18: “Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification for all.” Probably about the first book…
Texts: Leviticus 19:2: “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.” 1…
Text: Matthew 5:20: "...unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." For reasons I cannot fully explain, I have a…
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:26: “Consider your own call, brothers and sisters....” Something unusual happens in the readings this week. You would have to have been here last week to pick…
Dear Fellow-Ministers of Saint John’s, The year past has been one of particularly rich development for me, as for the first time in my ordained ministry I was given the…
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10b (J.B. Phillips): “...speak with one voice, and [do] not allow yourselves to be split up into parties. All together you should be united in thought and judgment."…
Text: John 1:38: “When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, ‘What are you looking for?’ They said to him, ‘Rabbi’ (which translated means Teacher), ‘where are you…
(No audio for this sermon is available.) Text: Matthew 3:15: “...Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now...’” His parents must be very proud of him. He’s come such a…