A44: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
September 21, 2020
Remember the old light bulb joke? Brian Blount, recently retired President and Professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA, remembers the first time he heard it. It was 1977. His brother,...
A42: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
September 7, 2020
In today’s Gospel lesson, Matthew 18:21-35, Peter wanted to know the statute of limitations on sin. “How many times should I forgive?” Brian K. Blount, President and Professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary,...
C22: The Second Sunday of Easter, Year C (2019)
April 22, 2019
“Not long after I arrived at my last pastoral ministry, I was at a gathering for area clergy where I met a minister who told me had an interest in apologetics, that is proving and...
B11: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B (2018)
January 28, 2018
Richard W. Voelz is an Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. When his family moved from North Carolina to New Jersey after his graduation from high school, it...
B07: The Baptism of the Lord, Year B (2015)
December 31, 2017
Dr. Brian Blount, President of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and former Professor of New Testament at Princeton, preaches a sermon from Mark 1:4-11 called, “God on the Loose.” Dr. Blount begins with the...