“Can I Get a Simple Answer?”
William H. Willimon, United Methodist Bishop and Professor of the Practice of Ministry at Duke Divinity School, preaches a sermon called “Can I Get a Simple Answer?” from John 3:14-21. He says, “Poisonous serpents, a strange...
A23: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A (2023)
“Sometimes Sunday can be a jarring, discordant experience,” says Will Willimon. “You settle down into the pew only to be hit over the head by some unfamiliar idea, some alien biblical text, poked in the...
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...
A13: Transfiguration Sunday, Year A (2023)
Will Willimon, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School and one of the nation’s best-known preachers, begins today’s sermon, “It’s a Miracle!”, from Matthew 17:1-9 with a story about a pastor...
A11: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2023)
Will Willimon, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School and one of the nation’s best-known preachers, preaches this Sunday’s text from Isaiah 58 in the context of marriage. Willimon states, “True...