Sermons

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...

NRSV JOHN 20:19-31 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed...

NRSV MATTHEW 28:1-10 28 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone...

NRSV MATTHEW 21:1-11 21 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and...