Sermons

  Judges 6:11-14, 7:1-7; Mark 1:16-20 — Looking for God’s Call Choice is a powerful and wonderful thing.  It is one of the quintessential qualities of being a human, something that makes our minds worth having.  Not only that, we can often create more choices...

Daniel 2:36-40, 44-45; Matthew 13:24-33, 44-51 — Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven I need to be real with you, sisters and brothers.  Yes, that may sound strange.  I would like to think I am authentic and honest with you every Sunday and all the days in between, but...

Sermon –There is a Balm in Farmville Farmville Presbyterian Church Jeremiah 8:18-22; Luke 4:14-30 August 23, 2020 — Promotion of Social Righteousness This is going to sound strange but I am going to tell you about WW2 today. This is strange because I was born almost...

Deuteronomy 6:1-9; John 14:1-17 — Preservation of the Truth I’m sure that when you came to church today, you did not expect to be on a gameshow.  Well, here we are for no-doubt what will become everyone’s favorite new gameshow, “What’s My Truth?”  I am going to read...

Isaiah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 14:26-33a, 37-40 August 16, 2020 — Maintenance of Divine Worship Back when I was in college, I gave a brief thought to being a professional temple and cathedral tour guide.  Yes, it would have been a pretty lousy living, but it would have...

NRSV 1 PETER 2:2-10 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation - 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s...

NRSV PSALM 23 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no...

NRSV LUKE 24:13-35 13 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near...