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 False Promise of Pride

I heard a wonderful sermon at our Presbytery meeting this week. It was called “The Goodly Heritage of the PCUSA” and was delivered by...

No Love In – No Love Out

PSALM 22:25-31 / EPHESIANS 4 In this word that comes to us from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians the great apostle begins by describing what unity...

The Truth – Or Nothing At All

FIRST READING ACTS 4:5-12 / SECOND READING 1 JOHN 3:16-24  Well, after healing the sick beggar in the streets of Jerusalem Peter is now willing to...

The Claim of The Holy Spirit

Posted on April 20, 2015 by peacesermons FIRST READING ACTS 3:12-19 /  Luke 24:36-49  The beginning of our passage really is rather humorous the way Peter addresses...

Jesus The Judge?

PSALM 50:1-6 At first blush our Old Testament reading starts off pretty vanilla as Old Testament scriptures go – innocuous enough in its basic description...

Knowing Nothing – Doing Everything

FIRST READING ISAIAH 40:21-31 / SECOND READING 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16-23 /GOSPEL MARK 1:29-39 Our Old Testament reading from Isaiah grabs us by the shoulders and give us...