Preacher's Corner

Called To What?

SECOND READING HEBREWS 5:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:35-45 Well there’s that name again: “Melchizedek.” Even those who are fairly good at dwelling in their bibles as much as possible are only...

Staying Open To The Impossible

FIRST READING ISAIAH 25:6-9 SECOND READINGS:  REVELATION 21:1-6A / GOSPEL JOHN 11:32-44 I am always amazed at...

Boldly We Go

FIRST READING JOB 23:1-9, 16-17 / SECOND READING HEBREWS 4:12-16  I think that generally speaking modern men...

Not As It Should Be

FIRST READING JOB 1:1, 2:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:2-16 Our Old Testament scripture today gives us this...

The Great Escape

PSALM 124:1-8 / SECOND READING JAMES 5:13-20  Have you ever made a seriously “great escape” in your...

The Perfect Power of Weakness

2 SAMUEL 5:1-5, 9-10 / 2 CORINTHIANS 12:2-10 Our first reading this morning from I Samuel describes David finally being anointed King over all of Israel....

Using Our Divine Resources

FIRST READING 1 SAMUEL 17:(1A, 4-11, 19-23) 32-49 /  GOSPEL MARK 4:35-41 Last week’s text led us to consider the unexpected ways in which God...

God of The Very Unexpected

1 SAMUEL 15:34-16:13  2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-10, 16-17 I was speaking with a friend lately about the incredibly amazing nature of scripture – how you can...

Where Did Jesus Go?

(Sermon given for Belmont Presbyterian's 100 year Revival: "The Jesus Explosion.") I have to confess that I have had a good time with Todd’s name...

Why Go To Church?

I find it interesting that just a few minutes before starting to work on this sermon I received a communication from a friend who...

The Seeds of Salvation

PSALM 65: 1-3, 9-13 MATTHEW 13: 1-17 Our New Testament reading this morning brings us some pretty challenging words from Jesus. Our law and love...