SERMONS
The Cross
Sermon on the lesser festival of Holy Cross Day, 2025
Texts: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 and John 3:13-17
Hope
Sermon on the 4th Sunday of (extended) Advent
Texts: Jeremiah 33:14-16 and Luke 21:25-36
Justice
Sermon on Reign of Christ Sunday (and the 4th Sunday of extended Advent)
Texts: Revelation 1:4b-8 and John 18:33-37
More Than Words: Care
Sermon on the First Sunday of (extended) Advent
Texts: 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Mark 12:38-44
Love God. Love Neighbor. No exceptions. *
Sermon on All Saints Sunday
Text: Mark 12:28-34
*the title and refrain of this sermon was borrowed from the chapter on the Good Samaritan in False White Gospel by Jim Wallace.
Job’s Troubling Intro
Sermon on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Job 1:1, 2:1-10
Pastor Chris had started with a “Quick Take” on the Gospel Reading from Mark, but that part of the video was incomplete, so this sermon starts where Pastor Christ turns towards the introduction to the book of Job.
From Passion to ‘Greatness’
Sermon on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: Proverbs 31:10-31 and Mark 9:30-37
Passion Wisdom
Sermon on the 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: Proverbs 1:20-33 and Mark 8:27-38
Wisdom Literature in the Bible
Sermon on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
Self-examination and Grace
Sermon on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Text: 2 Samuel 11:26—12:13
David, Bathsheba, and the Abuse of Power
Sermon on the 10th Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: 2 Samuel 11:1-15 and John 6:1-21
Pursuing Jesus
Sermon on the 9th Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 (and reference to 2 Samuel 7:1-14)
Serve the Lord!
Sermon on the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
This Sunday has us returning to the “Semi-continuous” Old Testament readings, but because the assigned lectionary reading for this Sunday (from 1 Samuel) was one we heard in worship back during the season of Epiphany (the call of Samuel), we went back to a scripture passage that we did not hear last fall when we returned to the “Complementary” readings. So our series picked up with Joshua, with whom we had left off in the fall.