Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost: Genesis 18:1-15, Romans 5:1-5 According to a recent newspaper report, bouncers stopped a visitor on the way into a club in Germany because she was 80-years-old. The woman tried to slip past
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Coconut Grove, Fla. Today is the feast of Christ the King. This is the sermon I was going to preach. It wasn’t bad. All about Christ the King. So what? What has that got to do with our lives today? I
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost: Jeremiah 23:1-16 Colossians 1:11-20 I’m not sure how this keeps happening. It seems that Andy keeps scheduling me to preach on important liturgical days. As a recovering Southern Baptist I am an
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost: 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight
Preached at a joint service of Holy Trinity Metropolitan Community Church and Augustine United Reformed Church, Edinburgh, Scotland Reading for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost: “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism
Reading for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost: James 1:19-27 This is second of a series of sermons on the book of James. You may recall the book of James was written to the Jewish Believers living outside of Israel. Many of the Jewish Believers were
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost: Hebrews 7:23-28, Mark 10:46-52 Forgive the stereotype, dear friends, but let me begin today with a story about a little old lady. Age had robbed her of much of her sight, so
Reading for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost: And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them. And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the
A sermon delivered at the Lutherans Concerned/Twin Cities worship service Psalms and Lessons (Series C, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost): Psalm 138, Genesis 18:20-32, Colossians 2:6-15, Luke 11:1-13 Offertory: Psalm 84:3-4 Wrestling with the text “Who decided I should preach on August 17th?” That was my
Faith United Church of Christ, Dayton, Ohio Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost: Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 8:26-39 In my first preaching class in seminary, our professor, a dry stoic Dutchman named Syd Greidanus, told us that the best way to start off every sermon