The Sermon for the Festival of Pentecost, or Whitsunday, June 8th, 2025 The Lessons: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:24-36; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13; St. John 14:8-17 The Text: St. John 14:15-17 INTRODUCTION Today, on this Festival of Pentecost, or Whitsunday, as the Prayer Book calls it, I will preach on the Holy Read more…
The Sermon for Sunday, May 4th, the Second Sunday after Easter The Lessons: Acts 9:1-19a; Psalm 33:1-11; Revelation 5:6-14; John 21:1-14 The Text: John 21:1-14 INTRODUCTION There was a certain preacher who used the technique of automatically dividing up his sermon into several major points. He liked to preach on Read more…
The Sermon for Sunday, April 27th, 2025, the First Sunday after Easter The Lessons: Psalm 111; Acts 5:12, 17-29; John 20:19-31 The Text: John 20:19-31 INTRODUCTION On July 25, 2000, Air France Concorde flight 4590 crashed on takeoff in Paris. A hundred passengers were killed along with nine crew and Read more…
[If you would like to listen to this sermon, click on the arrow.] The Sermon for Sunday, March 30th, 2025, the Fourth Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Joshua 5:1-12; Psalm 34:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:11-32 The Text: Luke 15:11-32 The Topic: Repentance, forgiveness, and restoration, as in the Parable Read more…
If you want to listen to this sermon, here is the audio file. The Sermon for Sunday, March 16th, 2025, the Second Sunday in Lent The Lessons: Genesis 15:1-18; Psalm 27:8-16; Philippians 3:17 – 4:1; Luke 13:22-35 The Text: Luke 13:23-30 The Topic: Choose the Narrow Way of the Lord Read more…
If you prefer to listen to this sermon rather than read it, here is the audio file: The Sermon for Quinquagesima, or the Sunday before Lent, March 2nd, 2025 The Lessons: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 1 Corinthians 12:27 – 13:13; Luke 9:28-36 The Text: Luke 9:28-36 INTRODUCTION The captain of Read more…
[To listen to this sermon instead of reading it, click on the arrow on the left.] The Sermon for Septuagesima Sunday, February 16th, 2025 The Lessons: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 The Text: Jeremiah 17:5-10 INTRODUCTION In ancient China, people wanted protection from barbarian hordes from Read more…
[To listen to the sermon, just click on the arrow above left.] The Sermon for the Festival of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple The Lessons: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 84; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 The Text: Luke 2:22-35 INTRODUCTION Today’s Festival is given two names in our Prayer Book: Read more…
[To listen to the sermon instead, click on the Play arrow above] The Sermon for Sunday, January 19th, 2025, the Second Sunday after Epiphany The Lessons: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11 The Text: John 2:1-11 INTRODUCTION Some time ago a young man – let’s call him Read more…
The Sermon for Sunday, January 5th, 2025, the Second Sunday after Christmas The Lessons: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84; Ephesians 1:3-14; Matthew 2:1-12 The Text: Matthew 2:1-12 INTRODUCTION In the spring of 1992, fourth-grade students in Portland, Maine, carried out a novel experiment. Their teacher, Pamela Trieu, was teaching the kids Read more…