Christ the King

A Sermon preached at SouthminsterNovember 22, 2009 Acts 12:1-19Psalm 18:1-6, 16-19, 46-50 Today is Christ the King Sunday. This is also the end of our liturgical year. Our new year will begin next Sunday with the first day of Advent. In some ways, it is appropriate that our church year should build toward this. The…

"Money Can’t Buy Me (God’s) Love"

Acts 8:9-25A Sermon preached at SouthminsterNovember 15, 2009 Our text today takes place in the midst of both an exciting and a scary time for the new church. After the passage Ruth preached on last week from Acts 4 about testifying, the followers of Jesus do some amazing things. The authorities are not happy. These…

Time for the Lord to Act

2 Kings 18 and 19A Sermon preached at SouthminsterNovember 1, 2009 Scripture text: Narrator: Hezekiah was 25 years old when he began to reign. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his ancestor David had done. For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following…