A Faith that Won’t Quit!

This sermon looks at the "great faith" of the Canaanite woman whose daughter Jesus healed. Hers was a faith didn't quit with asking, a faith that wasn't ashamed to seek diligently after Jesus, a faith that wasn't afraid to keep knocking even in the face of no response.

Evil and the Justice of God

Why does evil persist in a world created by a good God? And why does the church seem so feeble in counteracting evil? Wright, a New Testament scholar who is Anglican bishop of Durham, U.K., and author of several well-received volumes, including Jesus and the Victory of God, addresses these questions in a readable and compelling plea to renew the church's compassionate mission in these challenging times.

Sharing the Faith with Jerry

The Rev. Jerry Falwell died recently. So, too, did Yolanda King, who was the eldest child of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Falwell was the founder of the movement known as The Moral Majority and one of the originators of that group that is referred to either as "conservative, evangelical Christians" or as "the religious right." Ms. King and her family represented the entirely opposite side of American public and political life. It could be said in truth that Jerry Falwell and Martin Luther King, Jr. spent most of their lives working for a vision of America that would have looked entirely different depending upon which one of them would have prevailed.

The Mustard Seed Kingdom

"He said therefore, 'What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches'" (Luke 13:18-19, NRSV).