Category: Sermons

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.