A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church May 22, 2011 Acts 7:44-8:8 Wasn’t the joyful gospel proclamation of Stephen so well received by his audience!? We didn’t hear the entire story of Stephen, which begins in chapter 6, but he offers the crowd a sweeping narrative of the Hebrew story, culminating with Jesus standing in…
A Sermon preached at Boise Presbytery meeting May 14, 2011 John 10:1-19 We are in good company when we disagree over interpretation of Scripture. In our text this morning, we’re told that the community was divided because of Jesus’ words. They weren’t even dealing with issues of translation or cultural context, as we must, when…
This is Ann Weem’s Psalm of Lament I used in the Good Friday service. From her book “Psalms of Lament” (Westminster John Knox Press) O God of my heart it is your name I call when the stars do not come out.
Maundy Thursday Worship April 21, 2011 Southminster Presbyterian Exodus 12 John 13 When we last checked in on Johns’ Gospel, the week before Palm Sunday, Jesus called Lazarus out of the tomb. Since then, Jesus has been back to the home of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, where Mary has anointed his feet with nard, and…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church March 13, 2011 Gen 2:15-17, 3:1-7 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Feb 27, 2011 Matthew 7:1-12 Judge not that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church, Boise, Idaho February 6, 2011 Isaiah 58:1-14 Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if…
A Sermon preached January 9, 2011 at Southminster Presbyterian Church. Isaiah 42:1-9 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in…
A conversation about the text December 26, 2010 Matt 2:13-23 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for 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…
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