A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA by Rev. Marci Glass January 9, 2022 John 1:29-51 Our text from John’s gospel today gives us another picture of how we are called together into community. It begins with John the Baptist’s account of Jesus’ baptism, which is closely connected to the calling…
A sermon preached by Rev. Marci Auld Glass at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA. Jan 2, 2022 John 1:1-14 Today we are celebrating Epiphany. This is an ancient Christian celebration, dating at least as far back as the 300’s. Epiphany is one of my favorite days in the year of church life. This…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California July 11, 2021 Mark 6:14-29 John the Baptizer had said a lot of things in his life that were controversial. Mark doesn’t report much of his preaching, but we get more from Luke’s gospel, where John called God’s chosen people a “brood of vipers”.…
A Sermon preached at Southminster, Dec. 13, 2009 Luke 3:1-18 Zeph 3:14-20 While the gospel writers all have different ways to tell the story of Jesus, they ALL begin the story of Jesus by telling us about John the Baptist. Each year we hear about John the Baptist in the Advent readings. It makes sense—Advent…
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