Sermon on the Mount: A Second Look (Text: Matthew 5:27-48)
Sermon on the Mount: A Second Look (Text: Matthew 5:27-48)
Palm Sunday: Who Is This Who Comes?
In a fresh look at the familiar story of Palm Sunday, this sermon invites us to ask with the crowd, "Who is this who comes...?"
Dealing with the Past: Don’t Look Back!
God's word to us is, "Don't look back!" Like the Apostle Paul we must forget "what lies behind and strain forward to what lies ahead."
Personal Responsibility: Creative Listening (Text: Luke 8:18)
We cannot measure the effect upon us of the voices that reach us, the opinions they utter, the habits of mind they express.
With Time on Our Minds
We used to have time on our hands before they invented so many time-saving devices. Twice a year we change our clocks for Daylight Savings Time, and for a few hours at least we may know the effects of that. Time is on our minds.
Pleasure: How to Survive Life’s Greatest Temptation
Pleasure: How to Survive Life's Greatest Temptation
When the ‘Rude’ Becomes Holy
"Rood," of course, in the expression "Holy Rood," is spelled "r-o-o-d" (and I see no point for the present in annoying you with its linguistic history; the mention of Shakespeare has done enough to strain your patience already). But permit me today to spell it "r-u-d-e." Spelled that way, doesn't the designation "Holy Rude" capture the paradox of the cross?
Christian Life: The Commando and the Leper (Text: Isaiah 52:13-53:6)
Christian Life: The Commando and the Leper (Text: Isaiah 52:13-53:6)
Commitment: The Serious Business of Following Jesus
The encounter of three men during the travels of Jesus is a story of shifting perspectives.