A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church, Boise, ID June 26, 2011 Isaiah 56:1-8 Thus says the LORD: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. Happy is the mortal who does this, the one who holds it fast, who keeps the sabbath, not profaning…
A sermon preached on Trinity Sunday at Southminster Presbyterian, Boise, Idaho Gen 1:1-4 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there…
These are the comments I shared with our congregation this morning in worship. As you may have seen on the news, a radio evangelist with no formal religious training determined by a careful reading of the King James Bible that he could determine, without a doubt, that the world will end. Yesterday. Never mind that…
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…
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