A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California September 12, 2021 Gen 1 to 2:4a Today we are beginning a year of scripture readings from the Narrative Lectionary. I have historically preached from the 3 year Revised Common Lectionary readings, which were put together in 1992 by a number of different Christian denominations. I like…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho October 13, 2018 Joshua 24:1-27 Last week, Moses was leading the people of God through the parted Red Sea so they could be liberated out of slavery and into freedom. They wandered in the wilderness before they made it to the Promised Land. As our…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church September 25, 2016 Selected verses from Genesis 38 and 50 Joseph is Jacob’s second youngest son, and the first-born son of Jacob’s favorite wife, making him Jacob’s favorite son. Joseph is also a dreamer. And his dreams get him in trouble, because he dreams that his older brothers…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. September 10, 2016 Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-25; 3:1-8 Tonight begins a new year in our Narrative Lectionary readings. Beginning with Genesis, we will read through the broad sweep of scripture between now and Memorial Day. One of the reasons we read scripture every week, and encourage…
Judges 2:6-12, 16-19 A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho November 16, 2014 In our Year of the Bible readings, you won’t read the Book of Judges until Advent, so I’m preaching it a little early. But I wanted us to spend some time with this book. Judges helps us see a…
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