Calm in the Storm

This sermon is on the all too familiar story of Zacchaeus.  The text is really about 2 conversations- one between Jesus and Zacchaeus, the other between Jesus and the crowd.  What can we learn from these conversations?

22 Juli 201318min

This is a sermon to get past the "children's sermon knowledge" that many of us have of the the story of David and Goliath.  I read the entire passage from The Message and then look at the story from the perspective of Goliath.

14 Juli 201324min

This is the story of the call of Samuel.  Are we ready for God to do something that will make the ears of all who hear about it tingle?  Are we ready to boldly obey?

10 Juli 201320min

Here I continue the summer of story series with the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000.  I was inspired by and borrowed at several points from Dr. Barnes now of Princeton Seminary who preached this text at the Festival of Homiletics.  Also included in the recording is my benediction.

1 Juli 201320min

I seek in this sermon to get past the children's story of the flood and wrestle with it as adults.  How could God do this?  How could Noah follow God so faithfully when it was so difficult?

23 Juni 201326min

This Sunday (June 2) I did short homilies instead of one longer sermon.  In this first sermon, I looked at the story of Mary and Martha and what we can learn from them.

2 Juni 20139min

This Sunday (June 2) I did short homilies instead of one longer sermon.  In this first sermon, I introduce the importance of story by looking at Nathan's story to David after his actions to marry Bathsheba.

2 Juni 20138min