Sermons for the Season of Easter
John 10:22-30 In the Temple, the Jews (as John calls them) come up to Jesus, as they do from time to time, with a question, more of a request really, they say:“How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”There is group of people, a category, maybe, of …
A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (08/05/22): Faith and the “Might-Believe” Read More »
Revelation 5:11-14 There is an almost unavoidable impulse in human beings towards worship. There is something in us that leads us to worship. Our eyes are drawn to what is attractive, and our hearts are turned to admiration which leads to worship.If we do not worship God, we will invest our energy and resources for …
A Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter (01/05/22): Worship of the Lamb Read More »
John 20:19-31 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book but these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah the Son of God.How does someone come to faith? How does anyone become a Christian? That would seem to …
A Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter (24/04/22): Not just seeing that is believing. Read More »
Luke 24:1-12 The story of Easter begins in darkness. The women who, on Friday, and watched Jesus die, and who had seen him buried, travel to the tomb. They go with spices, and with a certain negative expectation based on an understanding of how life and the world and everything is. They expect to offer …
A Sermon for Easter Sunday (17/04/22): An Empty Tomb, The Sign of Resurrection Read More »
The Holy Spirit and Hope for the FutureActs 2:1-21, Romans 8:22-27 Suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were …
A Sermon for Pentecost Sunday (23/05/21): The Holy Spirit and Hope for the Future Read More »
Friendship with GodJohn 15:9-17 Jesus says:As the Father has loved me, so I have love you; abide in my love.And a moment or two later he says:This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Jesus gives us a single idea about what being his follower amounts to: loving one …
A Sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (09/05/21): Friendship with God Read More »
Unlikely Eunuch, Improbable Philpp Acts 8:26-40 The Bible is full of improbable stories. Especially, there are stories of God bringing about unlikely outcomes from unpromising beginnings. We could make a long list of them: A child being born to Abraham and Sarah, when he was 100 and she was 90; The children of Israel delivered …
A Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (02/05/21): Unlikely Eunuch Improbable Philipp Read More »
Corpus Delicti Acts 4:5-12 “Corpus delicti” is a Latin legal term. Translated is means, “The body of the crime.” It is the evidence that proves that a crime has been committed, which is necessary before anyone can be convicted of that crime. In the case of a murder, of course, that body of evidence is literally a …
A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (25/04/21): Corpus Delicti Read More »
Peter Preaches Acts 3:12-19 The book of Acts contains a collection of early sermons preached by the apostles in the weeks and years following Jesus’ resurrection. Luke recalls, for later Christians, what the first Church proclaimed. He records for us what those first Christians announced to the world. We are given the first public testimony to Christ …
A Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter (18/04/21): Peter Preaches Read More »
Responding to the Resurrection Acts 4:32-35 Luke reports the aftermath of the first Easter, he tells us: With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Everything that follows in the Church’s history and in the lives of all the Christians begins with this and is build on …
A Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter (11/04/21): Responding to the Resurrection Read More »