A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church for the third Sunday of Advent. Dec 16, 2018 Matthew 1:18-25 Have you ever looked at the families in Christmas advertisements and commercials? They are all beautiful. They wear outfits that are coordinating, but not too matchy matchy. They are uniformly happy and joyful. They are gathered together around…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho Advent 2, Dec 8, 2018 Isaiah 42:1-9 Our passage tonight is from a section in the book of Isaiah that speaks of God’s suffering servant. Other servant passages are in chapters 49, 50, 52, and 53, if you want to look at them this week.…
A sermon preached on a snowy first Sunday of Advent at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho Dec 2, 2018 Habakkuk 1: 1-7, 2:1-4, 3:17-19 I’m gonna bet that for many of you, this is the first sermon you’ve heard on the book of Habakkuk. It is certainly the first sermon I’ve ever preached on…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho November 18, 2018 Isaiah 36 and 37 Hezekiah was a good king. The book of 2nd Kings describes him in chapter 18 this way: “He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, just as his ancestor David had done…..The Lord was with…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho November 4, 2018 2 Kings 5:1-19 I love this story. It is full of conflict and juxtaposition and surprise agents. People who have—kings and commanders—are contrasted with people who have nothing—foreign slave girls and servants. People who are in the faith—like the king of Israel—are…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho October 28, 2018 Reformation Sunday 1 Kings 3 I had another sermon written for today. And then yesterday happened. This sermon is not as nuanced as I would like it to be, but I am grateful for the ability to gather together, with people I…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho October 21, 2018 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27, 12:1-14 It’s been said that we are to read the newspaper with the Bible in our other hand. It’s the Bible that’s supposed to interpret the news. I confess that recent news in our society are causing me…
