Sermons from 2025 (Page 2)

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost August 3, 2025 Luke 12:13-21 Undivided Attention— On the Proper Use of Our Resources!   13Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”  15Then he said to them, “Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”  16And he…

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 27, 2025 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Undivided Attention— On the Privilege & Purpose of Prayer!   1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.  3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. …

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 20, 2025 Luke 10:38-42 Undivided Attention— On the One Thing Needed!   38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.  39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.  40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.  She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t…

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 13, 2025 Ruth 1:1-19a Undivided Attention— On the Faithfulness of the Lord!         1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.  2The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. …

The Third Sunday after Pentecost Retirement June 29, 2025 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Undivided Attention— On the Foundation of the Church!   5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.  6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.  7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.  8The man who plants…

Trinity Sunday Father’s Day June 15, 2025 Romans 5:1-5 Undivided Attention— On the Mystery and Majesty of Our God!   1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  3Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering…

Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2025 John 14:23-27 Because He Lives— Christ Sends Us His Spirit!   23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.  24He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 25 “All this I have spoken while still with you.  26 But…

Ascension Sunday June 1, 2025 Acts 1:1-11 Because He Lives— His Ascension Empowers Us!         1In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.  3After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive.  He appeared to them over a period…

The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 25, 2025 John 16:16-24 Because He Lives— We Have Deep & Lasting Joy!   16 “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” 17 Some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”  18 They…

The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 18, 2025 John 13:31-35 Because He Lives— We Live Lives of Lavish Love!   31When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him.  32If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. 33My children, I will be with you only a little longer.  You will look for me, and just as I told the…