Sermons

Watch the sermon here.   Romans 14:1-12 What does the word strong mean? Give me some synonyms for strong or strength.  We tend to think first of the concept of physical power.  How else do we use the words strong or strength? Here are a few from the dictionary; let’s see if we named them all. Strength can mean […]

Watch the sermon here Romans 12:9-18 Jackie reminded me this week that if I were a fundamentalist preacher, today’s sermon would have practically written itself. What with the forest fires in the West and the hurricanes in the South, this is the perfect week to preach about God’s judgment.  If you prefer to ignore science, what better explanation can you

Watch the sermon here.   Matthew 16:13-20 Presented by Sklyer Keiter What does it mean to be human, to live a human life? I am human, you are human,Jesus was human, my dog is not human…we throw around words like humanity and humankind all the time, but what does it actually mean to be human? Well, the discipline of

Click here for video of sermon Matthew 14:13-21 I’ve never enjoyed working with numbers. As a business major, I took a year of accounting in college, as well as economics, and I understand church budgets and finances and all of that. I got good grades in calculus and trigonometry. I could define sines and cosines, could follow instructions, could do all

Watch the sermon here Genesis 2:4-8, 18-25 Today’s sermon is going to have a higher than usual teaching-to-inspiration ratio. Usually I do a little explaining and then move on to application.  But this story has so much going on that it will take me longer than usual to get to my points. In the past few weeks we have

Watch the sermon here. Genesis 1:26-31 This is the first time I can remember preaching a sermon series during the summer. I wanted a break from the lectionary, and at the same time I was aware that a series could be difficult considering the influx of visitors and the sporadic attendance of our regulars during the summer months.  So

https;//youtu.be/8VKv3-fuQ6A Genesis 1:20-28 Our passage for today is fairly long and includes the creation of sea creatures, flying creatures, and earthbound creatures. In the interest of time, I am going to skip over all these creatures, wonderful though they are, and move straight to the creation of humankind. In this story of creation, humankind is the

Click here to watch the sermon Genesis 1:6-19 As you know, the Bible was not written as one whole document. Even the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, was not written as one whole.  In the late 19th century, scholars identified four distinct strands of writers and editors involved in creating these books in their canonical form.  Each one

  Watch the sermon here A note of warning: my sermon this morning is a bit strange! It is 60% sermon, 30% poem, and 10% me just asking questions!  But it seemed fitting, as I begin a sermon series on creation, to start with a creative approach to the topic.  I promise every week won’t be like this.  My

Watch the sermon here Genesis 18:1-15   It’s important to understand the context of this scripture so let me give you a quick refresher. In chapter 12, when Abraham—or Abram as he was then called—is 75 years old, he receives a message from the Lord: “Go to the land I will show you. I will make of you a