Sermons

September
9
2018

Sermon; 16 Pentecost/Proper 18B; Mark 7:24-37

Mark is a Passion narrative with an extended prologue, and almost everything in Mark points us to the cross. In Mark, if we follow Jesus we will end up at the cross. I say, “almost...

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September
2
2018

Sermon; 15 Pentecost/Proper 17B; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Welcome back to the gospel. After seven weeks of going through Ephesians, we are returning to Mark.

I began almost every sermon in Ephesians reminding you of who wrote it and its funnel-like...

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August
26
2018

Sermon; 14 Pentecost/Proper 16B; Ephesians 5:21-22, 25-28;p 6:1, 4, 10-20

Today we arrive at our final passage from Ephesians. Before I get started, I owe you an explanation about the passage we read today. If you open up your bulletins to the Ephesian reading, you'll...

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August
19
2018

Sermon; 13 Pentecost/Proper 15B; Ephesians 5:6-20

As always in this series, we begin with a refresher: Paul may or may not have written this letter. This letter was written to a church or churches that may or may not have been in Ephesus. And it...

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August
12
2018

Sermon; 12 Pentecost/Proper 14B; Ephesians 4:26 - 5:2

As a reminder: Ephesians may or may not have been written by Paul to a church or churches that may or may not have been in Ephesus. It has no presenting controversy; that is, it's not like the...

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