Preacher's Corner
Called To What?
SECOND READING HEBREWS 5:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:35-45Well there’s that name again: “Melchizedek.” Even those who are fairly good at dwelling in their bibles as much as possible are only...
Staying Open To The Impossible
FIRST READING ISAIAH 25:6-9
SECOND READINGS: REVELATION 21:1-6A / GOSPEL JOHN 11:32-44
I am always amazed at...
Boldly We Go
FIRST READING JOB 23:1-9, 16-17 / SECOND READING HEBREWS 4:12-16
I think that generally speaking modern men...
Not As It Should Be
FIRST READING JOB 1:1, 2:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:2-16
Our Old Testament scripture today gives us this...
The Great Escape
PSALM 124:1-8 / SECOND READING JAMES 5:13-20 Have you ever made a seriously “great escape” in your...
The Perfect Power of Weakness
2 SAMUEL 5:1-5, 9-10 / 2 CORINTHIANS 12:2-10Our first reading this morning from I Samuel describes David finally being anointed King over all of Israel....
Using Our Divine Resources
FIRST READING 1 SAMUEL 17:(1A, 4-11, 19-23) 32-49 / GOSPEL MARK 4:35-41Last week’s text led us to consider the unexpected ways in which God...
God of The Very Unexpected
1 SAMUEL 15:34-16:13 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-10, 16-17I was speaking with a friend lately about the incredibly amazing nature of scripture – how you can...
Where Did Jesus Go?
(Sermon given for Belmont Presbyterian's 100 year Revival: "The Jesus Explosion.")
I have to confess that I have had a good time with Todd’s name...
Why Go To Church?
I find it interesting that just a few minutes before starting to work on this sermon I received a communication from a friend who...
The Seeds of Salvation
PSALM 65: 1-3, 9-13 MATTHEW 13: 1-17
Our New Testament reading this morning brings us some pretty challenging words from Jesus. Our law and love...