Texts: 2 Kings 2:1-12; Mark 9:2-9 It was the second century bishop and theologian, later to be considered one of the patriarchs of the early church, Irenaeus, who once said: “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.”
Sermon: Power or Pity 6th Sunday in Epiphany, Feb. 12, 2012
Texts: Mark 1:40-45 Last night, after watching the last little bit of Tennessee putting the hurt on Florida, I watched some of the local news which mainly reports crime or tragedy of the day. They reported a terrible fire that
Sermon for Epiphany 4-B: A Man of Authority 1/29/12
TEXTS: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Mark 1:21-28 Last week, in Mark’s Gospel, we heard about the call of Andrew and Peter, James and John, to be fishers of people. Biblical scholar Ched Myers suggests that there is no more misunderstood expression
Thanksgiving Sermon, 2011: Turning Back and Going On
Text: Luke 17: 11-19 Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 2011 at Pisgah Presbyterian Church, Woodford County, Kentucky How good it is to be here together on this Thanksgiving Day in America. This long tradition between New Union and Pisgah Church, two of
Sermon: Jesus Saves October 15, 2011
Texts: Isaiah 45:1-7; Matthew 16:24-26; Romans 5:6-11 Several weeks ago, my sermon addressed the topic: Saving Jesus, in which I noted that the church, in very short order, went from a community of the Way, of people who were followers
Sermon: Saving Jesus October 2, 2011
Texts: Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Matthew 5:17-20; 16:13-16; Luke 4:16-21; Philippians 1:1-11 You don’t see it as often as you once did, but you are more likely to find one of these signs traveling down a two-lane highway through the South than elsewhere. Up
Sermon: Talking about God…
Text: Exodus 3:13-15 About every 500 years or so, Christianity or the Church, seems to undergo what might be termed a gigantic rummage sale, tossing away worn out ideas, organizational patterns, and understandings about the nature of the Christian life.
Sermon: People of the Living Book
First in a series of sermons contra fundamentalism, or 21st Century Theology for Thinking Christians Texts: Deut. 30:11014; John 1:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Everyday in Petersburg, Kentucky, thousands of people flock to a so-called museum, called the Creation Museum, to
On singing with the mind: what makes a hymn great
Texts: Mark 10:13-16; Psalm 96:1-6; I Corinthians 14:13-15 I hope that these three Sundays that we are spending on hymns and “hymnody”—that is the collection of hymns or songs of a time, place, and/or church—are as beneficial to you
Sermon: The subversive religion of Jesus vs twisted religion 7/24/2011
Texts: Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Before worship began, I noted the editorial in this day’s Lexington Herald-Leader about God as human creation. I also commented on the theology articulated in a Christian Business directory that was left on my