SERMONS

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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.

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Unlearn What You Have Learned

Sermon on Sunday of the Holy Trinity
Text: John 3:1-17

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Fire!

Sermon on the Day of Pentecost.
See previous post for the reading.

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Pastor Chris Recites Acts 2

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Christian Community

Sermon on the 6th Sunday of Easter
Texts (for 5th and 6th Sundays of Easter): John 15:1-17 and 1 John 4:7—5:6

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Scars

Sermon on the 3rd Sunday of Easter 2024
Text: Luke 24:36b-48

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'Hilasmos'

Sermon on the 2nd Sunday of Easter 2024
Texts: 1 John 1:1—2:2 and John 20:19-31

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He Is Going Ahead of You

Sermon on Easter Sunday 2024
Text: Mark 16:1-8

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Liberating Joy

Sermon on the 3rd Sunday in Lent 2024
Texts: Exodus 20:1-17 and John 2:13-22

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Expectant Joy

Sermon on the 2nd Sunday in Lent 2024
Texts: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 and Mark 8:31-38

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Refracted Light

Sermon on the 1st Sunday in Lent 2024
Texts: Genesis 9:8-17 and Mark 1:9-15

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Dwell in the Awe

Sermon on the Transfiguration of Our Lord 2024
Text: Mark 9:2-10

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Turf Wars

Sermon on the 4th Sunday of Epiphany 2024
Text: Mark 1:21-28

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Jonah and Jesus

Sermon on the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Text: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 and Mark 1:14-20

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It's Never Easy to Be a Prophet

Sermon the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany 2024, and Martin Luther King Day
Texts: 1 Samuel 3:1-20 & John 1:43-51

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David & Mary: Sheltering God?

Sermon on the 7th Sunday of Advent 2023
Texts: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 and Luke 1:26-38, 46-55

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Out of Time

Sermon on the Fifth Week of (7-week) Advent, 2023
Texts: Isaiah 40:1-11, and Mark 1:1-8

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End Times

Sermon on the Fourth Week of (7-week) Advent, 2023
Texts: Isaiah 64:1-9, Mark 13:24-37

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Time is Relative

Sermon on the 2nd Sunday of (7week) Advent, 2023
Texts: Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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Uncertain Time

Sermon on the First Sunday of Advent, 2023
(At Trinity, we’ve been observing a 7-week [well, 7-Sunday] Advent season every year since 2020.)
Texts: Amos 5:18-24 and Matthew 25:1-13

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