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Holiness and Perfection?

TRADITIONAL SERMON EPIPHANY 7 OK, let’s take a vote. I regularly ask my Confirmation class to vote on questions of faith, and sometimes even my Wednesday Morning Bible Study class. No now it is your turn. Answer me this … do you think it is more difficult to be perfect … or be holy.…

Baby Steps

Traditional Sermon Epiphany 6 Every once in awhile my Facebook page will remind me of a picture I shared some years before. Usually the pictures make me pause and say, “Wow…I looked like I had so much more energy back then.” But the other day Facebook reminded me of a picture we took when…

God is Ambidextrous

Epiphany 5 traditional sermon It is interesting how from time to time things seem to focus your attention on a particular topic. You see, this very week, Pastor Craig had forgotten that he was going to be away on retreat this weekend when he made the schedule for teaching Cross Points. So he asked me…

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Epiphany 3 Traditional sermon Have you ever been faced with a big decision? I’m sure you have. Life is filled with them. “Should I be their friend?” “Which college should I attend?” “Where should I live?” “Is the job for me?” “Can I be a parent?” “Should I go ahead with this treatment?” And those are just some…

Don’t Panic

Traditional Sermon Epiphany 2 Grace and peace and the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything to you from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ… Amen I suspect that those of you for whom Douglas Adams is a familiar name, you might already have some idea of where I’m going with this sermon. However,…

Are You Alright?

Traditional Sermon Baptism Of Our Lord And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.’ –Matthew 3:17, NRSV Two weeks ago we were at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia with our grandson. And since it was the week between Christmas and New Years, there were…

What’s in a Name?

The Name Of Jesus Traditional Worship January 1, 2017 And he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (Luke 2:21) We are talking onomastics … or onomatology to be more precise … which is “the study of the history and origin of proper names, especially personal…

The Ordinary and Extraordinary

Christmas Eve Traditional Worship To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.’ This is an ornament that hangs on our Christmas tree…

Magic, Miracles, And The Unexpected

Christmas eve 10 pm traditional service I pray that this Christmas Eve greets you with warm moments and future beloved memories. I think when we look upon this time of year we engage in Mary-like behavior. No–I don’t think any of us will have a miraculous birth… I hope. I refer to the end of the Nativity…

What If the Messenger Named You?

Advent 4 Traditional Worship So what it’s in a name really. Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” In that very brief prayer that I begin every sermon with we call out the names Lord, Our Rock, and Our Redeemer. Three different…