Sermons from December 2023
Keep From Idols! | Sermon on John 5:21
Amen. If you’ll turn with me to your our first scripture reading in Exodus chapter 20, beginning at the first verse. And God spoke all these words saying: ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in…
The Ladies of Advent The Bride of Christ, the Church | Sermon on Isaiah 62:1-12
Amen. If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles, please, to the prophet Isaiah, chapter 62. Isaiah writes: ‘For Zion’s sake, I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake, I will not be quiet until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give. You shall…
The Ladies of Advent Mary, Lady of Joy | Sermon on Luke 1:26-56; Matthew 27:50-61
If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles, please, to Luke 1, beginning at verse 26: In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, oh favored one, the Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at the saying…
Ladies of Advent Ruth, Lady of Love | Sermon on Ruth 1, Matthew 1:1-16
Our first scripture reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 1, beginning at verse one: ‘The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. And Judah the father of Peris and Zarah by Tamar, and Peris the father of Hez, and Hez the father of Ram. And Ram the father of…
Ladies of Advent Rahab, Lady of Peace | Sermon on Matthew 1:1-16
If you’ll please turn with me in your Bibles, we will begin with the gospel of Matthew, chapter 1. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. And Judah the father of Perez and Zarah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram…