Sermons on Pentecost/Pentecostés (Page 11)
Courage To Choose Wisely: Pentecost 10
Tenth sunday After Pentecost: August 18, 2019 Year C, Proper 15: Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18; Hebrews 11:29-12:2 ; Luke 12:49-56 CLICK HERE to listen to the sermon. “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky,…
Faith Will Overcome: Pentecost 9
Ninth sunday After Pentecost: August 11, 2019 Year C, Proper 14: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14 ; Luke 2:1-14, [15-20] CLICK HERE to listen to the sermon. By faith… by faith… by faith… These words pulse through today’s epistle like a heartbeat, buh-buh, buh-buh-buh. It’s a pretty safe bet for a preacher is a word like faith occurs repeatedly in a passage that’s a good thing to focus the sermon on. “By faith our ancestors received…by…
Comfort In Affliction and Affliction In Comfort: Pentecost 8
Eighth sunday After Pentecost: August 4, 2019 Year C, Proper 13: Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21 CLICK HERE to listen to the sermon. Isn’t it true that Jesus makes us uncomfortable at times? Today, for example, he tells us to be on guard against all kinds of greed, that our life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. Well, if you’re anything like me, and you just need to check the Saint…
Hospitality Rooted In The Love Of Christ: Pentecost 6
Sixth sunday After Pentecost: July 21, 2019 Year C, Proper 11: Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 52; Colossians 1:15-28, 7-16; Luke 10:38-42 There is no recording available for this sermon. Please read the text below. In today’s world, we think of hospitality as the custom of feeding family, friends, and neighbors in our homes or hosting these people for a night or two. Or hosting a community meal or food pantry. In the first century, and during the times…
The Kingdom Of God Has Come Near: Pentecost 4
Fourth sunday After Pentecost: July 7, 2019 Year C, 2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; Galatians 6:[1-6], 7-16; Luke 9:51-62 There is no recording available for this sermon. Please read the text below. In last week’s Gospel lesson, Jesus began his journey to Jerusalem. The next thing in the Gospel of Luke is today’s reading. Jesus appointed seventy “others.” It doesn’t really describe them, but they were definitely not the twelve apostles. We assume they were Jesus’ disciples,…
A Profound Journey With Christ: Pentecost 3
Third sunday After Pentecost: June 30, 2019 Year C, 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62 CLICK HERE to listen to the sermon. In this morning’s reading from Luke’s gospel, we’re confronted with a Jesus unlike the Jesus most of us know (or want to know). The Jesus we know is the most compassionate and caring individual in history – the one in Luke’s gospel might be called “cranky Jesus”. He appears at first glance…
The Challenge Of Freedom In Christ: Pentecost 2
Second sunday After Pentecost: June 23, 2019 Year C, 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a; Psalm 42; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 There is no recording available for this sermon. Please read the text below. Let’s look for a minute at the story of the Gerasene demoniac. This is one that often doesn’t get a lot of attention because I think preachers tend to shy away from having to talk about demons. I personally have often found it easier…
Embrace The Mystery: Trinity Sunday
Trinity Sunday (The first sunday after pentecost): June 9, 2019 Year C, Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 There is no recording available for this sermon. Please read the text below. Jesus says something curious in today’s gospel: “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” Why do you suppose that Jesus said that? He was speaking to his disciples. What did he mean? Did he know…
Pentecost’s Invitation Today: Pentecost
The Day Of Pentecost: June 9, 2019 Year C, Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17, 25-27 There is no recording available for this sermon. Please read the text below. Imagine you were part of the scene at Pentecost: The city of Jerusalem was teeming with tourists in town to offer the first fruits of their spring wheat Harvest. You are trying to get to the Temple, but you find it is crowded with other…
Christ’s Kingdom Is All Around Us: Christ The King Sunday
Christ The King Sunday, November 25, 2018 Year B, Last Sunday after Pentecost: 2 Samuel 23:1-7; Psalm 132:1-13 (14-19) ; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37 CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. Someone asked me earlier this week about this Gospel passage. He found it rather ironic that we should have this particular reading from John as the Gospel lesson for today. We’re a week away from Advent, and a month from our celebration of Christmas, and yet here we have…
The Real Test Of Faith: Pentecost 26
Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, November 18, 2018 Year B, Proper 28: Samuel 1:4-20; Canticle: The Song of Hannah (Samuel 2:1-10); Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25; Mark 13:1-8 There was no recording of this sermon. If you can imagine the first time you went to a city like New York or Miami, or if you’re like me the first time you saw real mountains and the awe you felt, you get something of what Jesus’ disciples must have felt when they saw…
God Is The Great Multiplier: Pentecost 25
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, November 11, 2018 Year B, Proper 27: Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17; Psalm 127; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 CLICK HERE to listen to this sermon. The second part of today’s Gospel is often referred to as “The Widow’s Mite” and is quite often used in relation to stewardship and sacrificial giving. The widow gives of her poverty, putting everything she had into the temple box. Jesus draws the attention of his disciples and out attention to a woman…