Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35–10:8 “The truth is,” says DeLoach, “following Jesus is not about worshipping ‘Churchianity.’ Church is the community of believers, gathered only to be dispersed.” DeLoach says God’s call...
“An Awake Church” (A01: First Sunday of Advent)
Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 Genau lays forth a vision of what awake churches do — and don’t do. “An awake church,” says Genau, “doesn’t wait for God to act to bring...
Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9 Rev. Barlow-Williams engages the story of Jesus healing a stranger — on the Sabbath — at the pool of Bethesda. “Do you want...
“Through Locked Doors”
The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon, Bishop in the United Methodist Church, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, and one of America’s best preachers preaches a sermon from John 20:19-31, the story of “Doubting Thomas.”...
A15: The Second Sunday in Lent, Year A (2023)
Will Willimon has learned to love a lot of the characters in the Gospels, but not Nicodemus. What’s to love about this stuffy know-it-all who comes to Jesus at night in John 3:1-17, pretending to...