Recent sermons

• A Real Man "Pisseth Against a Wall"

  Okay, I wasn’t going to post this, because quite a few others already have.  But then I watched it, and I couldn’t resist putting it here on my blog as well.  My, oh My . . . I almost did a spit take a couple of times while viewing.

   
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  February 21st, 2008

• The Lord of Silence - A Sermon for Pentecost 4, Proper 7C, Ordinary 12C

  My sermon for Sunday, June 24, 2007  was based on the following scriptures:  1 Kings 19:1-18, Psalms 42, Isaiah 65:1-9, Galatians 3:23-29, and Luke 8:26-39.  These can be read in full by clicking here.
  My thanks to my colleagues on Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary E-mail Discussion List: Jim McCrea, Beth Johnston, and especially Frank Fisher (to whom I [...]

  June 28th, 2007

• The Second Death - A Sermon for Pentecost 2C

  I have posted my sermon for Sunday, June 10, 2007 on my blog Proclamation.  If you are interested, you can read it here.  Below is a small portion of the message.
  The scriptures for this sermon are as follows:
  1 Kings 17:8-24Psalm 30Galatians 1:11-24Luke 7:11-17
  These can all be read online by clicking here.
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  Unlike the vast majority of [...]

  June 9th, 2007

• The Distance and Nearness of God - A Sermon for Trinity Sunday

  The scriptures for this sermon are:
  Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31Psalm 8Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15
  These can be read be clicking here.
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  As an undergraduate in college I was a student of psychology,and for awhile I considered entering into the counseling profession.One of the things you learn early on if you are going to be a counselor of any kind is [...]

  June 4th, 2007

• Why Celebrate Pentecost?

  The following sermon is based upon the following scriptures:
  Genesis 11:1-9Psalm 104:24-34, 35bRomans 8:14-17Acts 2:1-21John 14:8-17, 25-27
  These can all be read by clicking here.
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  Out of all the reasons I can come up with as to why we celebrate Pentecost,I want to deal with two this morning:The first has to do with pride and prejudice,and the second [...]

  May 28th, 2007

• The Problems and Promise of Healing - an Excerpt

  Well, it ain’t much really, but here is my meditation on healing for today.  Hopefully my words will be buttressed by the liturgy of healing that will follow my message, and which is the heart of the worship service for today anyway.
  The texts for the sermon can be found in this post.
  Today I want to [...]

  May 13th, 2007

• Help Needed - Pleeaasse Someone Help

  The last couple of weeks I have had a really hard time writing my Sunday sermon.  The texts have not been all that inspiring (yes, I do know that they were inspired by God, but that really hasn’t helped me much in dealing with them), and I have struggled to come up with a preaching [...]

  May 10th, 2007

• A Foretaste of What Love Can and Will Do

  This is my sermon for tomorrow - Thanks to everyone I stole from. I think I have given everyone credit for what I have taken. I’ve been waiting for a sermon in which I could use the Fred Craddock story about soup for some time, and this sermon feels about right for it.  Special thanks [...]

  May 5th, 2007

• Conversion - A Sermon for Easter 3C based on Acts 9

  I have just posted my sermon for today on my preaching blog Proclamation.  An excerpt follows.  If you want to read the sermon in its entirety, click here or on the link at the end of this post.
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  This was my message for today (April 29, 2007).  It is based on the story of Saul’s conversion.  [...]

  April 29th, 2007

• How Much Do You Love Jesus? Show Him

  A sermon based on John 21:1-19
  I have just posted this sermon on my blog Proclamation.  An excerpt follows, if you want to read more, then click the link here or at the end of the excerpt.
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  John, chapter twenty, which is right before our reading this morning, ends with verses 30 and 31,which read:“Now Jesus did [...]

  April 26th, 2007