Sermon: Sunday, August 19, 2012: “A Game of Thrones; Act 3, Scene 3 — Feasting on the Word”

Texts:  1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 and Psalm 111  •   Ephesians 5:15-20  •   John 6:51-58 You know by now that we’re following the Old Testament readings in worship this summer, at least for the next two weeks — then we’ll move into a series of texts related to creation and the environment for the month of September — so at … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 19, 2012: “A Game of Thrones; Act 3, Scene 3 — Feasting on the Word”

Sermon: Sunday, August 12, 2012: “A Game of Thrones; Act 3, Scene 2 — A House Divided Against Itself”

Texts:  2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 and Psalm 130  •  Ephesians 4:25-5:2  •  John 6:35, 41-51 In the name of Jesus, the bread of life. Amen. There are times when a preacher sits down to write a sermon and all previous plans get cast aside.  Times when a happening, something local or something global, takes center-stage and demands our … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 12, 2012: “A Game of Thrones; Act 3, Scene 2 — A House Divided Against Itself”

Sermon: Sunday, August 5, 2012: “A Game of Thrones; Act 3, Scene 1 — Whistleblowers”

Texts:  2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a and Psalm 51:1-12  •   Ephesians 4:1-16  •   John 6:24-35 I want to start with a difficult question this morning.  Are you ready? Who gets to tell you when you’re wrong? I don’t know.  Maybe it’s not that difficult of a question, but I want to be sure you heard the question I was … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 5, 2012: “A Game of Thrones; Act 3, Scene 1 — Whistleblowers”