Text: Matthew 5:37: “Let your word be ‘Yes, yes,’ or ‘No, no’: anything more than this comes from the Evil One.” One of the great things about growing up near…
Text: Romans 7:23: “...I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.”…
Preached at the Craigville Tabernacle, Centerville, Massachusetts, July 6, 2014 Text: Matthew 11:13: “...for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” I am both honored and frightened to be…
Text: Matthew 10:41a: “Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.” Prophets are a rare breed. That may well be for our benefit. Prophets…
(N.B.: There is no audio for this sermon.) Text: 1 Peter 4:12: “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal taking place among you to test you, as though something…
Text: Genesis 21:10a: “So she said to Abraham, 'Cast out this slave woman with her son...'” Nothing could be so timely as the Lectionary’s choice of readings from the Hebrew…
Text: 2 Corinthians 13:11b: “...Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.”…
The Day of Pentecost, Year A (June 8, 2014) Acts 2:1-11, 1 Corinthians 12:13b-13, John 20:19-23 Today’s readings present us with a classic conundrum that is often found in when reading…
Text: 1 Peter 2:9: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim...” Out in the middle of…
Text: 1 Peter 2:20b–21: “But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. For to this you have been called....” I have a great offer…