Sermon Transcripts

“It’s Not Fair” – “Connecting with Jesus, One Another, and Others in the Unconditional Love of Our God (Together, in a Variety of Ways) – Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

The gospel, the good news of liberation and freedom in Jesus, confronts our misunderstanding of Scripture, Christ, grace, and faith. If Christians more fully demonstrated the good news of the gospel that Scripture illumines, Christ exposes, grace captures, and faith embraces, might we know in mind, soul, and spirit God’s unconditional love and ...

“Americans Love Big“; Isaiah 55:1-9, Luke 13:1-9

“Connecting with Jesus, One Another, and Others in the Unconditional Love of Our God (Together, in a variety of ways)”

Robert Frost writes, “There’s nothing I’m afraid of like scared people.”[1] Will fear of “the other” escalate irrational behavior? The writer of Isaiah asks us to hold …two realities in paradoxical tension: “‘Come, thirsty one,’ and ‘My ways are not your ways, and my thoughts not your thoughts.’”[2] Isaiah 55:6 exhorts ...

“Connecting with Jesus, One Another, and Others in the Unconditional Love of Our God (Together, in a variety of ways)”

“Disappointing Love? Never!” – Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18, Philippians 3:17-4:1 , Luke 13:31-35

Adolf Sannwald was a German national. He also graduated from Harvard Divinity School. Sannwald was killed while serving in the German army on the eastern front, in the campaign against Russia. Adolf Sannwald’s name appears on the wall of honor at Harvard. There is an asterisk by his name which ...

“Security and Refuge in God’s Love” -“Connecting with Jesus, One Another, and Others in the Unconditional Love of Our God (Together, in a variety of ways)” Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 

The liturgical season of Lent raises awareness of the role of sin in our lives as well as society and culture. Followers of Jesus must balance the awareness of sin with our God who is loving, compassionate, and our ultimate hope.[1] This balancing act is disturbing, since ...

“Connecting with Jesus, One Another, and Others in the Unconditional Love of Our God (Together, in a variety of ways)” “Being Clear About Our Love Identity” – Exodus 34:29-35, 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, Luke 9:28-36

On the campus of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, there is a statue of Booker T. Washington standing over a slave and lifting a veil “…so that the light of education can strike his face.” The slave has a book in one hand and uses the other ...