Sunday 21 June 2020The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Father’s Day A huge section of Genesis—from chapter 12 all the way to chapter 23—is devoted to Abraham. He is the hero of the story. He receives a message from God. He … Continue reading
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Sunday 14 June 2020The Second Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 9:35-10:8 In the Gospel of Matthew, the author organizes most of Jesus’s sayings into 5 compact, thematic sermons. The Gospels of Mark and Luke contain a lot of the same material, … Continue reading
Sunday 31 May 2020Pentecost 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 There’s a lot going on in the world right now. There is, of course, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 people in the US, made 40 million unemployed, and … Continue reading
Sunday 24 May 2020The Seventh Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 Today is the Seventh Sunday of Easter. The Season of Easter lasts 50 days. Do a little math, and you’ll figure out that that’s 7 weeks, with one … Continue reading
Sunday 17 May 2020The Sixth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 3:13-22 We are returning this week to the First Epistle of Peter. Today is the third in a four-part series on the book. In the first week we talked about … Continue reading
Sunday 10 May 2020The Fifth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 2:2-10 This Sunday we are in the second week of a four-week series on the Epistle of First Peter. Last week, we talked about 1 Peter’s call to endurance, to … Continue reading
Sunday 3 May 2020The Fourth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 2:19-25 I have never much cared for the Book of 1 Peter. I don’t think I’ve preached on it more than 3 times in my career. I’ve certainly never taken … Continue reading