To listen to this sermon, use this link: The Sermon for Easter Day, April 5th, 2026 The Lessons: Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:14-17, 22-24; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-10 The Text: John 20:1-10 INTRODUCTION Josh McDowell entered university as a young man looking for a good time and searching for happiness and Read more
Text: Psalm 3 INTRODUCTION Today is Wednesday in Holy Week, sometimes called Spy Wednesday, since it was observed traditionally as the day when Judas Iscariot agreed on betraying Jesus Christ to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. It is appropriate, then, that Psalm 3, on which I have Read more
To listen to this sermon, use the link below: The Sermon for Palm Sunday, March 29th, 2026 The Lessons: Matthew 21:1-11; Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12; Psalm 22:1-11; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 27:1-54 Text: Matthew 27:1-54 INTRODUCTION “Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was Read more
To listen to this sermon, use the link below. The Sermon for Sunday, March 15th, 2026, The Fourth Sunday in Lent, or Mothering Sunday The Lessons: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:1-14; John 9: 1-13, 28-38 The Text: Ephesians 5:1-14 INTRODUCTION Athletes illustrate what it means to truly believe Read more
A Sermon on Psalm 1 Psalm 1 is the introduction to the whole Book of Psalms. Scholars call it both a wisdom psalm and a Torah psalm. It is a wisdom psalm because of the theme of the two ways (the way of the righteous and the way of the Read more
Father Parrish’s church office hours at the Chapel are as follows: Wednesdays: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Saturdays: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sermon for Sunday March 1st, 2026, the Second Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Psalm 33:12-21; Genesis 12:1-9; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-16 Text: John 3:1-16 INTRODUCTION Dallas Willard tells of his experience of electricity as follows: As a child I lived in an area of southern Missouri where electricity was Read more
The Sermon for Sunday, February 26th, 2023, the First Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Psalm 51:1-12; Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, 25 – 3:7; Matthew 4:1-11 The Text: Matthew 4:1-11 INTRODUCTION Robert Browning’s famous poem the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” was based on a story centuries old. Hamelin, a little German town Read more
To listen to this sermon, use the link below: The Sermon for Quinquagesima, Sunday, February 15th, 2026 The Lessons: Exodus 24:12-18; Psalm 99; Philippians 3:7-14; Matthew 17:1-9 The Text: Philippians 3:7-14 INTRODUCTION In Jules Verne’s novel The Mysterious Island, he tells of five men who escape a Civil War prison Read more
To listen to this sermon, use the link below: The Sermon for Septuagesima, Sunday, February 1st, 2026 The Lessons: Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 37:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 The Text: Micah 6:1-8 INTRODUCTION Today is Septuagesima Sunday, a name for a Sunday which sounds odd today, because “Septuagesima” is really Read more