Sermons from November 2025
Sanctification | Sermon on John 13:1-17
If you would please join with me and turn in your Bibles [snorts] to John chapter 13, beginning at the first verse, John tells us, ‘Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own, who were in the world, he loved them to the end. And during the supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas…
The Word of Christ | Sermon on John 12:34-50, Leviticus 18:5
Son of man. So Jesus said to them, ‘The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you.’ The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light that you may become sons of light. When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. And though he had done so many signs before…
Tolkien on Beowulf: The Battle with Grendel
Welcome again to this next edition of our Inklings lecture series. Today I’ll be talking about Tolkien and the story of Beowulf, specifically focusing on the battle that Beowulf fights with Grendel. So we all know J.R.R. Tolkien. He was born on January 3rd, 1892, and he died September 2nd, 1973. Most people know him and love him for the body of literature that he wrote concerning hobbits, the One Ring, and the disparate lands of Middle-earth, Númenor, and Valinor.…
The Suffering Christ | Sermon on John 12:34-50. Isaiah 52:13-53:12
If you would please turn with me in your Bibles to John 12 beginning at verse 34. And so the crowd answered him, ‘We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this son of man?’ And so Jesus said to them, ‘The light is among you for a little while. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one…
The Eternal Christ | Sermon on John 12:34-50; 2 Samuel 7:1-15
Beginning at verse 34, Jesus has been teaching in Jerusalem. And so the crowd answered him, ‘We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?’ So Jesus said to them, ‘The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not…