“Blessings or … Spoils?” (A44: Proper 21)
Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32; Psalm 25:1-9; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Freemyer interprets Matthew 21:23-32 as a confrontation between Jesus and religious elites who protect power through hypocrisy. Freemyer’s s sermon contrasts those who claim righteousness but refuse...
“The Shadow Will Not Prevail” (C51: Proper 28)
Isaiah 65:17-25 and Isaiah 12; Malachi 4:1-2a and Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 Redditt explores Malachi, the end of the Hebrew Bible, and what its “Sun of Righteousness” can mean for those living...
“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,...
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...
C35: The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
Ryan Ahlgrim preaches that fascinating story from Genesis 18:20-32, about the time Abraham bargained with God in the hope that he would spare the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah “if only ten righteous” were found...