A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church December 9, 2012 Mal 3:1-4 Luke 1:5-25, 57-80 If pastors were honest about it, Zechariah is probably one of the stories we like the least. He is one of our own, a priest, serving God in the temple in Jerusalem. One priest would go in and make the…
A sermon preached on the First Sunday of Advent at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho December 2, 2012 Jeremiah 33:14-16 Luke 21:25-38 Welcome to Advent! I know some of you think “Advent” is Latin for “why won’t Marci let us sing Christmas Carols?”, but in fact, adventus means “arriving”, or “coming”. It is the…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church on Dec 19, 2010 Matt 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a…
A Sermon Preached at Southminster Presbyterian Nov 30, 2008 Mark 13:24-37 Isaiah 64:1-9 For those of you who were hoping for a nice, cozy, and comfortable entrance into Advent, let me apologize right now. Our texts this morning are anything but comfortable. They are unsettling. If we’re listening, we should be both excited and horrified…
Glass Overflowing 