Sermons
It occurs to me that some might consider it an odd (and perhaps presumptuous) thing to devote an entire page to cataloging one’s own sermons. Let me simply say that I, too, have reservations about this endeavor. Sermons are highly contextual things—they are always crafted for a particular people in a particular place at a particular time. And sermons are spoken—they are delivered—not written to be read like a book or an article.
Nonetheless, having dispensed with the obligatory qualifications and caveats, these sermons do reflect a part of my own journey and my attempts to wrestle with Scripture on behalf of the churches I have been a part of. Perhaps something of value for other people, at other times, and other places can be discovered in them as well.
2012
The Lord Watches Over the Way of the Righteous (Psalm 1)
Who Is It That Conquers the World? (1 John 5:1-5; John 15:9-17)
Big Faith for a Big World (Psalm 23)
Love in Action (Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24)
Why Are You Weeping? (John 20:1-18)
The End is Where We Start From (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
Look Up! (Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-21)
A Fool’s Hope (1 Corinthians 1:18-25)
Lead Me in Your Truth (Psalm 25:1-10)
Seeing Jesus (Mark 9:2-9; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6)
The Gospel is… Creation (Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29)
The Gospel is… Jesus (Mark 1:14-20)
The Gospel is… The People of God (1 Samuel 3:1-10)
The Gospel is… New Life (1 Peter 2:1-10)
2011
Accept/Install Faith (Luke 8:4-15)
All Things For Good (Romans 8:26-28)
Behold, Your King! (2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Romans 16:25-27)
Changing the Landscape (Isaiah 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-9)
Children of Light (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)
The Gift of Forgiveness (Psalm 32)
The Gift of Waiting (1 Corinthians 1:3-9)
How Many Times? (Matthew 18:21-32)
I Want to Know Christ (Philippians 3:4b-14)
The Love That Guides (John 14:15-21)
Longing for Bread (John 6:35-51)
Lost and Found II (Luke 15:1-10)
My Lord and my God (John 20:24-31)
The Nature of Greatness (Micah 3:5-12; Matthew 23:1-12)
The Practice of Peace (Matthew 5:38-48)
Rejoice Always (Luke 1:46b-55; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24)
A River in Our Future (Ezekiel 47:1-12)
Salvation Springs Up (Isaiah 45:1-8)
The Scandal of Generosity (Luke 15:11-32)
Two Ways of Waiting (Exodus 32:1-14)
We Do Not Live to Ourselves (Romans 14:1-14)
2010
Everything Will Be All Right (Romans 8:18-25)
God Doesn’t Quit (1 Timothy 2:1-6)
I Love to Tell the Story (John 3:16-17)
Living into the Light (1 Peter 2:9-10)
The Lord Surrounds His People (Psalm 125)
Message in a Bottle (Revelation 21:1-6; 22:1-5)
The Perfect Pioneer (Hebrews 11:1-12:3)
A Strange and Beautiful “Yes” (2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4)
Treasures in Unexpected Places (2 Corinthians 4:1-12)
What are People For? (Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15)
Why Are You Weeping? (John 20:1-18)
2009
And a Voice Came From Heaven (Mark 1:4-11)
A City on a Hill (Matthew 5:13-16)
The Final Apologetic (James 2:1-13)
gods that Fail (Isaiah 44:9-20)
Jesus Has Come… Now What? (Colossians 3:12-17)
Living and Loving After Easter (1 John 3:11-24)
A Pattern of Mercy (Isaiah 65:17-25)
Playing Peace (Ephesians. 2:11-22)
A Tale of Two Cities (Revelation 21:1-6)
Unless the Lord Builds the House… (Psalm 127:1-2)
When God Comes (Luke 21:20-36)
Who Are You to Judge? (Matthew 7:1-5)
Who Do You Say That I Am? (Mark 8:27-38)
You Are All One (Galatians 3:26-29)
2008
Blessed Are the Peacemakers (Matthew 5:9)
Blessed are the Pure in Heart (Matthew 5:8)
But God Remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1-9:1)
Did God Really Say? (Genesis 3:1-7)
A Hope Beyond Exile (Isaiah 2:1-5)
It Was Not You Who Sent Me Here, But God (Genesis 45:5-8)
Journeying with Jesus to the Dark Places (Matthew 26:1-5; 47-56)
That We Might Receive Adoption (Galatians 4:4-7)
Why Wouldn’t I Forgive You? (Matthew 18:21-22)
2006
A good resource Ryan – for days when some of us find the social aspects of this funny thing called ‘Sunday church’ difficult – yet still long for a message.
Ah yes, the social aspects of Sunday church… Rumour has it that even pastors (!) can find this difficult at times…
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