Sermon: Sunday, June 16, 2013: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Texts: 1 Kings 21:1-21a + Psalm 5:1-8 + Galatians 2:15-21 + Luke 7:36-8:3 Not quite two months ago, in the capital city of Bangladesh, an eight-story building collapsed killing over 1,100 people, and injuring an additional 2,500. The building housed a garment factory, one of many in Bangladesh which pays some of the lowest wages … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 16, 2013: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost →

Sermon: Sunday, June 2, 2013: Second Sunday after Pentecost

Texts: 1 Kings 18:20-39 + Psalm 96 + Galatians 1:1-12 + Luke 7:1-10 Have you ever wanted to call down fire? I’m talking about God’s wrath. God’s judgment. Proof that God is God. That the so-called way it is, is not the way it is supposed to be, and that there is a higher authority … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 2, 2013: Second Sunday after Pentecost →

Sermon: Sunday, May 26, 2013: The Holy Trinity

Texts: Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31 + Psalm 8 + Romans 5:1-5 + John 16:12-15 Preaching on the Sunday the church commemorates as the festival of the Holy Trinity is full of traps for the preacher, or so I am told. “Don’t preach doctrine,” I’m advised. No one wants to hear a sermon on doctrine, especially the doctrine … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, May 26, 2013: The Holy Trinity →