faith, Jesus, and a conversation on the road
A sermon for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Matthew 17:1-9 Have you ever been to the top of the mountain? I have. I wouldn’t be standing before you without having been there. In fact, I keep going back to the mountaintop to fill my being with the glory and radiance of Christ that is … Continue reading the mountaintop
A sermon for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Matthew 5:21-37 Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one. Yes, yes. No, no. Let your word mean what you say. Let your word be free of double speak, of confusion, of mystery, of tricks or … Continue reading yes, yes
A sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Matthew 5:13-20 One of the distortions in certain Christian circles is a sense that there is a finality in one’s faith journey upon the acceptance of Christ and self-identifying as a believer and follower of the Son of God. That, somehow, the journey of faith reaches … Continue reading salt & light
A sermon for the Presentation of Our Lord, Hebrews 2:14-18, Luke 2:22-40 Almighty and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts by Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and … Continue reading presented unto God
A sermon for the third Sunday after the Epiphany, Matthew 4:12-23 This season following the day of Epiphany is about cementing the personhood of Christ by clearly stating the divinity that he possesses. Thus, this whole season of the church is centered upon the act of recognition. It begins on the day of Epiphany with … Continue reading believing as Stephen
