Acts 2:14a,22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Shearer pulls from the story of Thomas to explore doubt, confidence, authority, right belief and more. “And I do wonder whether we might pivot that word...
Rev. Todd Littleton preaches, “Advent is the season that, when properly understood, does not flinch form the darkness that stalks us all in this world. Advent begins in the dark and moves toward the light...
“What Kind of Armor Are You Wearing?”
Today’s passage from Ephesians 6:10-20 “…sounds like every call to arms that anyone has ever made. There’s a compelling call to unity, a clear identification of the enemy, an urgent description of what is at stake,...
Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia begins today’s sermon by admitting that she doesn’t like tension in movies or book plots. She admits that sometimes she’ll skip to the...
A02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
“By the end of the twentieth century, over 130 million people died in war. And then came 9/11. Our country initiated a ‘global war on terror.’…There have been wars in Africa and wars in the...