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Love Is All You Need (a Sermon on Romans 13:8-10)

I’ve decided to speak this morning on one of the most unnerving and threatening pieces of Scripture I’ve ever come across – threatening and unnerving at least for professional clerics like myself (people who get paid to teach the Bible). … Continue reading

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The Stone that the Builders Rejected (a Sermon on Act 4:11-12)

“Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be … Continue reading

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It’s Never the Wrong Time to Party (A Palm Sunday Sermon)

When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt … Continue reading

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Jesus was Tempted! Matthew 4:1-11)

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the … Continue reading

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The Splendor and the Suffering! (Matthew 17:1-9)

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes … Continue reading

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Have Faith in what you See and Hear (A sermon on Matthew 11:2-6)

Now when John in prison heard about the activities of Christ, he sent a message by his disciples and asked him, “Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?” Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John … Continue reading

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A Tale of Ten Lepers (A sermon on Luke 17:11-19)

On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy … Continue reading

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The Parable of the Sly Bastard (A sermon on Luke 16:1-9)

[Jesus] also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I … Continue reading

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Fate, Failure and Fig trees and why bad things happen to good people.

There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And [Jesus] answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, … Continue reading

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