Sermons

Sermon – Preaching in the Holes: The First Witness Deuteronomy 19:15; John 20:11-18 6/14/26   [The children’s message is a telling of the Boy Who Cried Wolf and the importance of telling the truth.] There was once a boy who worked as a shepherd.  He must have...

Sermon – The Song that Never Ends Romans 8:28-30; Psalm 88 6/7/26   I need to read the passage from Romans 8 once more: We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.  For those whom he foreknew he...

Sermon – A Memory Test Acts 10:1-4; Joshua 3:7-4:7 5/31/26   Some things are worth remembering.  We all have those moments in our lives: times of great celebration like graduation, births, marriages, and significant successes; times of surprise like perhaps a...

Sermon – The Power of Prayer John 17:1-21a; Isaiah 1:12-17 5/17/26 Would you consider yourself to be “good” at praying?  There are folk out there who would consider themselves to be good prayers.  Even still, how would they even evaluate that?  Have they gotten the...

Sermon – Thank You, Epimenides Job 12:7-10; Acts 17:22-31 5/10/26   Oh, you are in trouble today, friends. Welcome to my home.  Today is a day to celebrate classical learning.  Before H-SC, I took 5 years of Latin, most of which was actually with a Longwood...

[Sorry, no audio today.] Sermon – Owning the Narrative Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; Acts 7 5/3/26   If you had to tell someone else your story, what would you say? Many of us would probably go into where our people are from, maybe where we went to school, what kind of...

Sermon – The Gated Community Psalm 23; John 10:1-10 4/26/26   Welcome to what is perhaps one of the most interesting times of the church year.  This is the period between Easter and Pentecost – the season of Easter.   Before Easter, Lent is very useful but also...

Sermon – Homeless in Farmville Isaiah 51:1-6; 1 Peter 1:13-25 4/19/26 It is a regular occurrence at my mailbox to get a letter addressed to someone else.  Literally, every week or two we get a piece of mail to our address with a name that is not ours.  Apparently,...