Sermons on New Testament

Sermons on New Testament

Words for the Beginning: You Are a Blessing

Advent begins today and consists of the four weeks leading up to Christmas. It’s a season that helps us to prepare our hearts, minds and spirits for the coming of Christ at Christmas. What does it mean for young Mary to have been called “blessed” and what does “blessedness” mean in and for our lives?

Giving Thanks

This Sunday we are celebrating “Gratitude Sunday” as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday. Where or how does gratitude operate in your life of faith?

Endings and Beginnings

From Jesus’ conversation with the disciples about the destruction of the temple, what life lessons might we learn about the very real difficulty of endings and the very real possibility of something new?

Giving and Receiving

The story of the widow’s mite raises questions not only about giving but about the integrity of the recipients of gifts. What do we… both givers and receivers… have to learn anew?

Do Unto Others: Love

This week we conclude our “Do Unto Others” series with a focus on love. Over these five weeks, we’ve remembered Christ’s call to kindness, compassion, humility, respect, and love. How can we embody these qualities even in times of tension and disagreement?

Do Unto Others: Respect

This week we’ll explore the role of respect as we seek to live out our faith amid the daily joys and challenges of our lives.  How might a holy respect draw us back to engagement with others?

Do Unto Others: Humility

We continue in our five-week series “Do Unto Others.” Can prioritizing “humility” in our lives help us to see one another more clearly as fellow humans, each one beloved by God?

Do Unto Others: Kindness

In the midst of all the vitriol and animosity in our world today, how can we stay true to our convictions and engage one another as people and not as positions?

Circle Round

According to Jesus, the ways of discipleship are deeply counter-cultural. Want to be a follower of Jesus? Give your life for others in order to save it. Strive to be at the back of the line instead of the front. Turn the hierarchy of honor and privilege upside down. In fact, dismantle it altogether. Be with and for one another in ways that defy cultural norms but that encircle all God’s children into a communion of neighborly love.