Doubting Thomas Sermon

My most recent sermon from class on John 20:19-31.  I’ll put some other stuff about the passage up soon but I wanted to go ahead and post the sermon. This passage appears in the lectionary for the Sunday after Easter so that’s when I envisioned it. I would love to find a way to post [...]

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Hebrews Sermon – Writing a Better Story

Here is my sermon for class.  A couple things to note. This passage appeared in the Common Lectionary on World Communion Sunday, so I prepared it with a view towards preaching it on that Sunday. This sermon was written for Reconciliation United Methodist Church, my local church here in Durham, NC.  I didn’t preach it [...]

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“Judge Jesus” Sermon

Have you ever stopped and considered the number of television shows that are about our legal system?  We have Law and Order with its spin-offs.  Other police dramas like Southland, Dark Blue, Cold Case, and Miami Vice.  Then the shows about lawyers: Boston Legal, The Practice, Perry Mason, and Matlock.  The FBI gets Numbers, Criminal [...]

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“Second Family” Sermon

Like the Acts 16 Sermon, this one also opened with a clip.  This time from Band of Brothers.  Click here for the clip.  The sermon is titled “Second Family.”             Last week Larry talked about becoming a part of God’s family.  This week we’re looking at those people in our lives who are like family, [...]

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Acts 16 Sermon

Here’s the sermon I preached last night at the contemporary service. We kicked off the new series “All in the Family,” exploring what the Bible has to say about families. This was my first time preaching for the contemporary service. Honestly, it felt a lot like the 8:30 Sunday service to me. I preached using [...]

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Father Almighty Sermon

This sermon was the second in a series on the Apostle’s Creed at Cashiers United Methodist Church.  It was on the first section of the Apostle’s Creed, “Father Almight, maker of Heaven and earth.”  Joining a sermon series was an interesting experience, as was preaching the same sermon twice in one morning.  I hope to [...]

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Holy Monday Sermon

Do you remember as a child when you were out with your parents and you saw something you just knew you had to have? After showing it to your parents and explaining its incredible worth and merits, what’s the first question they asked? “Well, how much is it?” I dreaded that question. Rarely did my [...]

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Christmas Eve Sermon

The Promise of a Lifetime It’s hard to believe that we’re in the darkest part of the year, isn’t it? Just two days ago, December 22nd, marked the winter solstice. It was officially the darkest day of the entire year. But you wouldn’t know it by looking around. The Christmas lights on homes and buildings [...]

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Maundy Thursday Sermon

Do You Know Where Your Towel Is? We have come tonight to remember.  Through the forty days of Lent we have been preparing for this holy week as we remember Christ’s life.  Still to come are Jesus’ betrayal, capture, crucifixion, and resurrection.  But tonight is a special night.  Tonight is Maundy Thursday, when we remember [...]

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Jonah Sermon

Seeing the Big Picture We all know the story of Jonah, right?  God calls Jonah to preach to the city of Nineveh.  Jonah is reluctant and so tries to escape God’s call on his life.  In the process, he ends up getting swallowed by a fish and eventually makes it to the city where he [...]

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