First Presbyterian Church

2014

• Sermon for December 7th, 2014 106th Sermon: Advent Encounters: Mary & Elizabeth
• Sermon for November 30th, 2014 105th Sermon: Advent Encounters: Saints & Sinners (2292)
• Sermon for November 16th, 2014 104th Sermon: The Parable of the Talents (2094)
• Sermon for November 9th, 2014 103rd Sermon: Dividing the Sheep from the Goats (1990)
• Sermon for October 12th, 2014 102nd Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Compassion (1996)
• Sermon for October 5th, 2014 101st Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Leadership (1752)
• Sermon for September 28th, 2014 100th Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Generosity (2008)
• Sermon for September 21st, 2014 99th Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Exhortation (2340)
• Sermon for September 14th, 2014 98th Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Teaching (2131)
• Sermon for September 7th, 2014 97th Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Ministry (1663)
• Sermon for August 31st, 2014 96th Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Prophecy (1703)
• Sermon for August 24th, 2014 95th Sermon: Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries: Introduction (1812)
• Sermon for August 17th, 2014 94th Sermon: Is There Oil In Your Beard? (1415)
• Sermon for August 10th, 2014 93rd Sermon: Water Into Wine: The Miracle of Community (1106)
• Sermon for July 13th, 2014 92nd Sermon: Twin Purposes, Twin Priorities (1945)
• Sermon for June 29th, 2014 91st Sermon: CTRL+ALT+DEL: Reboot, Reformat (Rerun, Refreshed) (1869)
• Sermon for June 22nd, 2014 90th Sermon: Radical Hospitality (or, Don't Shoot the Messenger)(1803)
• Sermon for June 8th, 2014 89th Sermon: Receive the Holy Spirit (1167)
• Sermon for June 1st, 2014 88th Sermon: Jesus, Obiwan Kenobi & Rev. Bill Burroughs (1399)
• Sermon for May 25th, 2014 87th Sermon: Evangelism in the Land of the Unknown God (2531)
• Sermon for May 11th, 2014 86th Sermon: Birthing, Mothering, and Raising a Church (Mother's Day) (2521)
• Sermon for May 4th, 2014 85th Sermon: The Road to Emmaus (2181)
• Sermon for April 20th, 2014 84th Sermon: Easter Sunday: Just the Gardener (2035)
• Sermon for April 13, 2013 83rd Sermon: The Passion Story (Palm/Passion Sunday)
• Sermon for April 6th, 2014 82nd Sermon: Elihu: If There Should Be an Angel (2224) *sermon includes scripture reading
• Sermon for March 30th, 2014 81st Sermon: Zophar: Wild Ass of a Man (2484) *sermon includes scripture reading
• Sermon for March 23rd, 2014 80th Sermon: Bildad: We Are of Yesterday (2074) *sermon includes scripture reading
• Sermon for March 16th, 2014 79th Sermon: Eliphaz: I Would Still Seek God (2478)*sermon includes scripture reading
• Sermon for March 9th, 2014 78th Sermon: Job's Wife: Bless God and Die (2257)
• Sermon for March 2nd, 2014 77th Sermon: Heavenly Body, Heavenly Host (Transfiguration Sunday) (1360)
• Sermon for February 9th, 2014 76th Sermon: Faith & Film: Man of Steel (2311)
• Sermon for February 2nd, 2014 75th Sermon: Faith & Film: 42 (The Jackie Robinson Story) (2132)
• Sermon for January 26th, 2014 74th Sermon: Faith & Film: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2161)
• Sermon for January 19th, 2014 73rd Sermon: Faith & Film: The Croods (1954)
• Sermon for January 12th, 2014 72nd Sermon: Faith & Film: The Book Thief (1821)
• Sermon for January 5th, 2014 71st Sermon: Faith & Film: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2164)

2013

• Sermon for December 29th, 2013 70th Sermon: Praise the Lord (2207)
• Sermon for December 22nd, 2013 69th Sermon: The Love of Shepherds (Advent IV) (1281)
• Sermon for December 15th, 2013 68th Sermon: The Joy of Angels (Advent III) (1419)
• Sermon for December 8th, 2013 67th Sermon: The Peaceful City (Advent II) (1443)
• Sermon for December 1st, 2013 66th Sermon: The Last Prophet (Advent I) (1115)
• Sermon for November 10th, 2013 65th Sermon: On Human Sacrifice (Stewardship Sunday) (1986)
• Sermon for October 27th, 2013 64th Sermon: The Faith of our Forbears (Reformation Sunday) (1833)
• Sermon for October 20th, 2013 63rd Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: You Shall Not Covet (1691)
• Sermon for October 13th, 2013 62nd Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: You Shall Not Bear False Witness (2211)
• Sermon for September 29th, 2013 61st Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: You Shall Not Steal (2327)
• Sermon for September 22nd, 2013 60th Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: You Shall Not Commit Adultery (2242)
• Sermon for September 15th, 2013 59th Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: You Shall Not Kill (2361)
• Sermon for September 8th, 2013 58th Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: Honor your Father and Mother (2278)
• Sermon for September 1st, 2013 57th Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: A Labor-less Day (2174)
• Sermon for August 25th, 2013 56th Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: The Name of the Lord (1917)
• Sermon for August 18th, 2013 55th Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: The Second Commandment (1783)
• Sermon for August 11th, 2013 54th Sermon: Ten Laws, One Love: The First Commandment (2071)
• Sermon for July 28th, 2013 53rd Sermon: Lord, Teach Us to Pray (1980)
• Sermon for July 21st, 2013 52nd Sermon: Marthacans, Marycans & Americans (1932)
• Sermon for July 7th, 2013 51st Sermon: Galatians: Spinning Circles of Grace and Love (2042)
• Sermon for June 23rd, 2013 50th Sermon: Galatians: An Evolutionary Love (1901)
• Sermon for June 9th, 2013 49th Sermon: Galatians: I, Paul, an Apostle (Part 2) (2251)
• Sermon for June 2nd, 2013 48th Sermon: Galatians: I, Paul, an Apostle (1708)
• Sermon for May 26th, 2013 47th Sermon: The Call of Wisdom (2177)
• Sermon for May 19th, 2013 46th Sermon: Graduation Day (Pentecost Sunday) (1542)
• Sermon for May 12th, 2013 45th Sermon: Revelation: Uses, Abuses & Timeless Message (2204)
• Sermon for May 5th, 2013 44th Sermon: Revelation: A New Heaven and a New Earth (2109)
• Sermon for April 28th, 2013 43rd Sermon: Revelation: One Last Epic Battle (1714)
• Sermon for April 21st, 2013 42nd Sermon: Revelation: Of Dragons, Monsters and Emperors (2765)
• Sermon for April 14th, 2013 41st Sermon: Revelation: The Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2286)
• Sermon for April 7th, 2013 40th Sermon: Revelation: A War on Three Fronts (2174)
• Sermon for March 31st, 2013 39th Sermon: Resurrection Spirit (Easter Sunday) (2750)
• Sermon for March 27th, 2013 Holy Week Sermon at Trinity First UMC: Judas Iscariot, Beloved Disciple (1402)
• Sermon for March 24th, 2013 38th Sermon: Surely Jesus is Joking...Right?!? (2097)
• Sermon for March 17th, 2013 37th Sermon: Psalm 126: Growing Hope (1898)
• Sermon for March 10th, 2013 36th Sermon: Psalm 32: Let All Who Are Faithful (1632)
• Sermon for March 3rd, 2013 35th Sermon: Psalm 63: Where Love Begins (2341)
• Sermon for February 17th, 2013 34th Sermon: Black History: Greeks, Jews & Wandering Arameans (1342)
• Sermon for February 10th, 2013 33rd Sermon: Script & Scripture: Les Miserables (2478)
• Sermon for February 3rd, 2013 32nd Sermon: Script & Scripture: The Hobbit (2138)
• Sermon for January 27th, 2013 31st Sermon: Script & Scripture: Lincoln (2110)
• Sermon for January 20th, 2013 30th Sermon: Script & Scripture: Life of Pi (2010)
• Sermon for January 13th, 2013 29th Sermon: Script & Scripture: Brave (2050)

2012

• Sermon for December 30th, 2012 28th Sermon: Prepare the Way: Looking for Jesus (1302)
• Sermon for December 23rd, 2012 27th Sermon: Prepare the Way: Looking Inside (1742)
• Sermon for December 16th, 2012 26th Sermon: Prepare the Way: Looking Around (1872)
• Sermon for December 9th, 2012 25th Sermon: Prepare the Way: Looking Back (1537)
• Sermon for December 2nd, 2012 24th Sermon: Prepare the Way: Looking Forward (1795)
• Sermon for November 25th, 2012 23rd Sermon: David's Sacrifice: Counting the Cost (1658)
• Sermon for November 18th, 2012 22nd Sermon: Elijah's Sacrifice: Choosing Sides (1371)
• Sermon for November 11th, 2012 21st Sermon: Abel's Sacrifice: Putting First Things First (1944)
• Sermon for November 4th, 2012 20th Sermon: The Book of Job: The Happy Ending? (1676)
• Sermon for October 28th, 2012 19th Sermon: The Book of Job: Where Were You? (664)
• Sermon for October 21st, 2012 18th Sermon: The Book of Job: It Ain't Fair! (1968)
• Sermon for October 7th, 2012 17th Sermon: The Book of Job: Consider Job (2523)*sermon includes scripture reading
• Sermon for September 30th, 2012 16th Sermon: The Heart of Worship: We Go Forth in God's Name (1792)
• Sermon for September 23rd, 2012 15th Sermon: The Heart of Worship: We Respond to God's Word, Part II (2065)
• Sermon for September 16th, 2012 14th Sermon: The Heart of Worship: We Respond to God's Word, Part I (1560)
• Meditation for Presbyterian Women Service September 11, 2012 A Growing Flock
• Sermon for September 2nd, 2012 13th Sermon: The Heart of Worship: We Proclaim and Hear God's Word, Part I (1926)
• Sermon for August 26th, 2012 12th Sermon: The Heart of Worship: We Gather in God's Name, Part II (1313)
• Sermon for August 19th, 2012 11th Sermon: The Heart of Worship: We Gather in God's Name, Part I (1886)
• Sermon for August 12th, 2012 10th Sermon: The Heart of Worship (1779)
• Sermon for August 5th, 2012 9th Sermon: Pizza from Mars (2308)
• Sermon for July 29th, 2012 8th Sermon: Hard Hearts Can't Loave (1647)
• Sermon for July 22nd, 2012 7th Sermon: Did Jesus Have a Man Cave? (2021)
• Sermon for July 15th, 2012 6th Sermon: Hometown Prophet (1642)

2011

• Sermon for August 7, 2011 5th Sermon: CTRL+ALT+DEL, Reboot, Reformat (1752)

2010

• Sermon for December 26, 2010 4th Sermon: Low Sunday (1917)
• Sermon for August 22, 2010 3rd Sermon: Camp Meeting (2154)
• Sermon for August 1, 2010 2nd Sermon: The End of Wisdom (2088)
• Sermon for July 11, 2010 1st Sermon: I Am No Prophet (2113)