A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian ChurchSeptember 6, 2009 I Corinthians 4:6-21 I love the writings of the apostle Paul. I don’t always like how Christians use his writings, but I can’t control that. I will say that when you hear Paul used to defend strict legalism, or to keep God’s grace from people, to…
A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian ChurchAug 30, 2009 Joshua 1 For those of you who have persevered through your Year of the Bible readings, I would like to congratulate you on finishing the Pentateuch! That is the Greek Word for the first five books of the Bible. In Hebrew, they’re referred to as the…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church August 23, 2009 Luke 18:35-43 Blindness is a popular image in scripture. The psalmist tells us: The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. And Isaiah is fond of using blindness as a metaphor:…
A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian ChurchAug 9, 2009 Numbers 11 One problem we have as 21st Century Americans reading the Hebrew Scriptures is that we are very linear people. We like things to be in order. A happens. Then B. Then C. And then we read our Bibles. Genesis, then Exodus, then Leviticus, and…
A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian ChurchJuly 26, 2009 Leviticus 16:29-34Romans 3:19-31 I selected these texts from our Year of the Bible readings because they are each, in their own way, about atonement. Atonement is an interesting word. It isn’t a translation of Greek, Hebrew, or Latin. It is a word made up by William…
A Sermon preached at Southminster July 19, 2009 Leviticus 10:10-11, 11:44-45 Romans 1-2:4 I’m sure a few of you are reconsidering this “Year of the Bible” plan now that we are deep into Leviticus and Romans. I am sure you didn’t expect such nice, light, summer “beach” reading for July. But here we are. Let’s…
June 28, 2009 A Sermon preached by Marci Auld Glass at Southminster Presbyterian Genesis 44:18 to 45:15 This morning we are dropping into the middle of the story of Joseph. Let me give you a little context. The story of the family of Jacob begins in Genesis 37. Joseph is Jacob’s second youngest son, and…
A sermon preached on Trinity Sunday at Southminster Presbyterian Church. June 7, 2009 Today is Trinity Sunday, which is where the lectionary writers punish preachers who had so much fun last week on Pentecost Sunday by foisting upon us today the most complicated and obfuscating texts and expecting us to make the Doctrine of the…
A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian May 17, 2009 Acts 10 We live in a world of boundaries. And boundaries can be helpful. Like when they keep the Huns from invading China. Boundaries can mean different things to different people. Israelis argue this wall is to keep people safe.Palestinians argue that this wall keeps them…
John 10, 1 John 3:16-24 A Sermon preached at Southminster May 3, 2009 In John’s gospel, Jesus is known for making pronouncements. In the other gospels, he spends a lot of time teaching, or speaking in parables. But here, he just announces things that are seemingly disconnected from the action going on around him. They…
Glass Overflowing 