An Ash Wednesday sermon preached March 2, 2022 at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Twenty First Century America has an odd relationship with death. On the one hand, we sort of accept needless death as par for the course—look at our response to covid with almost one million…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho April 30, 2017 Acts 6:1—7:2a, 44-60 Martyrdom. Ahhh….nothing better than the good news about making people so angry that they kill you? I confess. I’ve always been conflicted about martyrs—people who die for their beliefs. The root of the word actually means “witness”, so there…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho June 11, 2016 2 Corinthians 4:16 to 5:10 I love this passage of scripture. There has been more than one time in my life when hearing these words of Paul has given me comfort. I’ve preached before about how they once gave me comfort and…
In response to the slaughter of the innocents in Connecticut last week, President Obama quoted Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth. (2 Cor 4:16-5:1). Full speech can be viewed here. So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.…
Glass Overflowing 