Sermons

The Rev. Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Peggy Noll Note: Twenty-five years ago my wife Peggy and I sensed a call to serve in Uganda at Uganda Christian University. Prior to…

I preached this sermon at Trinity School for Ministry on September 28, 1988. For a subsequent sermon, see “All Things Visible and Invisible.” Lessons for the DayRevelation 12Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 You…

Sermon Preached at Redeemer Anglican Church, Bellevue September 12, 2021 – Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost So this is the final sermon on the Apostles’ Creed. We’ve reached the end. And…

The following sermons were preached at Redeemer Anglican Church, North Boroughs, PA, as preparation for members of the congregation who were to be baptized, confirmed, and received, as the bishop…

Lessons: Hosea 11:7-9; Romans 6:1-11; Matthew 18:15-35 We are now approaching the end of the Apostles’ Creed. The last section reads: [I believe in] “the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic…

When I was a boy way back in the 1950s, pretty much a Sunday School drop-out, I still learned this little ditty: “Here’s the church, here’s the steeple. Open the…

Lessons: Psalm 51:1-12; Acts 8:4-8,12,14-17; John 3:1-16 The Apostles’ Creed, as we have noted, is Trinitarian in shape and moves swiftly from naming God the Father, creator of heaven and…

These three sermons concentrate on the central section of the Apostles’ Creed about Jesus Christ, His Incarnation, Atoning Death, Resurrection and Ascension, and His Second Coming in glory. Immanuel: God…

Sermon Preached at Redeemer Anglican Church, BellevueAugust 8, 2021Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Lessons: Daniel 7:9-14; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58; Mark 13:23-32 After a two-week intermission, I am returning today to the…

Sermon Preached at Redeemer Anglican Church, Bellevue, PA, July 18, 2021 Lessons: Isaiah 52:13-53:1-6; Romans 6:1-11; Luke 24: 36-53 I grew up as an unbeliever and only became a Christian…

Sermon Preached at Redeemer Anglican Church, Bellevue July 11, 2021 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Lessons: Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7; Romans 5:12-17; Luke 24: 14-20 In my sermon two weeks ago, I…

A Sermon Series on the Apostles’ Creed Sermon Preached at Redeemer Anglican Church, Bellevue June 13, 2021 LESSONS: Psalm 114: Deuteronomy 26:5-10; 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke 1:1-4 “So we…

Preface In the Easter-Pentecost season 2021, I began a series of sermons on the theme of God’s Commandments, beginning in the Old Testament and moving to Jesus’ teaching. These sermons…

I began my ministry fifty years ago at Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia, which was entering into charismatic renewal. The Rector of the Church was promoting the renewal; he was…

Dear Online Friends, I gave up “contending” for Lent, but it struck me as appropriate during Holy Week not to take up the sword but to “enter with joy upon…

I want you to imagine two men, one standing on the top of the city wall, a Pharisee, a follower of the Scriptures and God’s Law. Another man stands below…

“Finished!” I preached this meditation on Good Friday 1973 in my first parish. We are told that just before Jesus died, he uttered a loud cry. The Gospels are not…

Yes, the third word - “Woman, behold, your son!” … “Behold, your mother!” is indeed a mundane word. From the Cross, Jesus provided for his mother’s future needs. But in…

Jesus’ “Why?” directed to the Father confronts the imminent undoing of the Incarnation. As He approaches the door of death, He foresees His soul separated from His Body.

The prayer of forgiveness continues to rescue sinners and make pilgrims down the ages because it proceeds from the throne of the Lamb that was slain, who ever lives to…

“This day you will be with me in Paradise.” I preached this sermon on Good Friday 2017 at my home parish in Pennsylvania. Since it speaks of an event subsequent…

 I preached this meditation at my parish church in Pennsylvania on Good Friday 1995  Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!”…

Sermon Preached at Uganda Christian University Easter Sunday 8 April 2012 Today marks the end of the 40-day Lenten season and the beginning of the Easter Season, which runs for…

No, “invisible things” are real entities that can never be seen by our mere human senses. The first Soviet astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, followed shortly by the Anglican bishop John Robinson,…

Today we remember the Passion of Jesus Christ. The word “passion” sounds odd to us, does it not? We associate passion with positive things, like love – “I love you…

I preached this sermon on Easter Wednesday 1990 at Trinity School for Ministry. I wonder how many of you have read Anne Tyler’s book, or seen the movie, titled The…