Sermons
Mark’s Gospel Tells Us Not to Lose Hope
God Is Still at Work, And God Will Win.
Sermon for 8Pentecost -- July 15, 2018 An elderly lady was well known for her faith. She would stand on her front porch and shout, "Praise the Lord!" Next door to her lived an atheist who would get so angry at her proclamations he would shout, "There ain't no Lord!!" Hard time...
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Not Fair
The cross of Calvary is the ultimate tool of unfairness
Sermon delivered on July 8, 2018 When my sons were very young the most useful parenting tool I used was a timer. But it only worked once. Aidan and Joseph, only two and a half years apart in age, had identical toys yet would often only want to play with the exact toy the other...
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Good as Dead
Where God does God's Best Work
Sermon Delivered on July 1, 2019 During the summer of 1994 I worked as a hospital chaplain at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. The hospital served a largely rural population. So it was no surprise one night when I sitting in the little room on the 6th...
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Sermon for the FIfth Sunday of Pentecost — June 24, 2018
God gives us one another to accomplish God’s plans and purposes
O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ...
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Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost — June 17, 2018
Happy Father's Day - God's Call to You
Happy Father’s day to all the Fathers here today, all the Grandfathers, Step Fathers, Godfathers and anyone who has taken on the role of a father in the life of a child. Today I will be talking about God’s call to you. But you Moms don’t tune out also because I’ll be talking t...
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