And at the end, the spiritual forces of evil, the wickedness that rules this world, are defeated. John’s vision is of Christ’s victory . . . John now has the vision we read about today in Chapter 21.
A Sermon on The Revelation to St. John (Rev. 21:1-6) Read More »
John describes for us what the earliest church looked like. It was a church characterized by two things – love for one another and an apocalyptic orientation.
A Sermon on Being a Community of Love and Apocalyptic Orientation (John 20:19-31) Read More »
On the Cross, Jesus takes upon himself, each of our specific sins and transgressions. He cleanses them in his blood. He buries them in the tomb. He takes them away so that they are no more. Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the World.
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The essential nature of repentance is not about telling God we are sorry and that we will try harder next time. Jesus is not talking about rule-breaking and punishment. Rather, what Jesus is talking about is being in a relationship with God or suffering the consequences of that absence, which is perishing into non-existence.
A Sermon on Repentance (Ex. 3:1-15; Lk. 13:1-9) Read More »
As you receive the communion wafer, let it touch your lips, and at that moment, know that you are no longer a person of unclean lips. And as you allow the wafer to pass through your lips, experience the grace of God coming upon you – in all of its wonder and awe and its amazement and incomprehension.
A Sermon on Our Sin and God’s Cleansing (Isa. 6:1-8) Read More »
Always remember who YOU ARE in your baptism. See the Spirit. Hear the Father. And never forget that you are a Child of the Most High.
A Sermon on Jesus’s Baptism (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Ps. 29) Read More »
Christ’s Kingdom is not simply about where we go when we die, but his Kingdom is about where we go now when we are still very much alive. Christ’s Kingdom is not somewhere out there, but it is right here with us and within us, right now.
A Sermon on Christ’s Kingdom (John 18:33-37) Read More »
Jesus knew that his disciples would encounter much hardship and temptation on their way to Jerusalem and to the Cross but he gave them these teachings as a foundation. He gives us these same teachings to us as we too take up our cross, serve one another, and understand that whoever does good works in Jesus’s name also belongs to the Kingdom.
A Sermon on Jesus Preparing his Disciples (Mark 9:38-50) Read More »
Our concern should never be whether God is on our side, but whether we are on God’s side.
A Sermon on the Temple of David’s Son (2 Sam. 7:1-14a) Read More »
The question remains as to how we see this Reality that we are joint Beloveds with Christ? How can we know that we too are the Beloved of God? How can we not only understand the Trinity but experience it in our lives? How can we be assured?
Love’s Trinity – A Sermon for Trinity Sunday Read More »
