Sermon Archives
“A Taste of Salt” (A11: Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany)
Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12); Psalm 112:1-9 (10); 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16); Matthew 5:13-20 Hamilton-Poore explores how Jesus’ call for his followers to be “salt of the earth” is a call for us to “transform what is...
“Fools for the Light” (A10: Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany)
Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 “God is strong because God is vulnerable,” says Wyatt. “It is as simple and as difficult as that.” She goes on to explore why Paul admonished...
“The Gift of Bold Action” (A09: Third Sunday After the Epiphany)
Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1,4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Spivey mines a passage in Matthew, uncovering how God “presents two gifts of bold action. Each gift is an opportunity to act, to make a change....
“Attention Is Precious” (A08: Second Sunday After the Epiphany)
Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42 “What gets your attention?” asks Bryson, who says that attention is not only “a scarce and precious resource” but also “an ever shrinking commodity.” Bryson offers...
“Baptism As Beginning” (A07: First Sunday After the Epiphany)
Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 Fox reflects on both his own baptism and that of Jesus. “After my river baptism,” says Fox, “it would be another thirty years before I learned what...