Date: July 12, 2020
Bible Text: Psalm 68:1–10 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. Father of orphans and protector of widows is God in God’s holy habitation. God gives the desolate a home to live in; God sets the lonely in families; —Psalm 68:5–6 If you were a troublemaker and wanted to raise a ruckus, you couldDate: July 5, 2020
Bible Text: Isaiah 65:17–25 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who fallsDate: June 28, 2020
Bible Text: Romans 8:31–39 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor principalities, nor powers, nor pestilence, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will ever separate us from the love of God inDate: June 21, 2020
Bible Text: Genesis 21: 8–21 | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
Click here to listen to this sermon. Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. —Genesis 21:19 Jews, Christians, and Muslims throughout the world point to the same father of faith, Abraham. Our tradition holds that late in life, God came close to Abraham in the desert night,Date: June 14, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 27:22–24 | Rev. Dr. Nicholas Pearce
Click here to listen to the podcast of this sermon. I tell you this morning I've tried him and I know him and I found him to be a friend. A friend to the friendless, a mother to the motherless, a father to the fatherless. —Dr. Nicholas Pearce Dr. Evertsberg:Date: June 7, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 28:16–20 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. Lo, I am with you always—ALL THE TIME—even to the close of the age. —Matthew 28:20 That passage which concludes Matthew’s Gospel is a beloved and integral text that’s often called “The Great Commission.” The Common Lectionary often assigns this text to Trinity SundayDate: May 31, 2020
Bible Text: Acts 2:1–3; 1 Corinthians 12:4–13 | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
Click here to listen to the podcast of this sermon. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like a rush of mighty wind, and it filled the house where they were sitting. And there appearedDate: May 24, 2020
Bible Text: John 14:15–27 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to the podcast of this sermon. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. —John 14:16 So let’s start this sermon with a pop quiz to test your theological IQ. Why do they call the ChurchDate: May 17, 2020
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God has placed an ancient dream in our midst that together we might love the Lord our God with all our heart and mind and soul and strength. And that we might love our neighbors as ourselves. God has placed an ancient dream in our midst that we might do justice, love kindness, and walk humblyDate: May 10, 2020
Bible Text: John 14:1–14 | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
Click here to listen to the podcast of this sermon. “Eternal God, Wash away our dust and fear. Gather us into your strong arms and stoop down to speak to us this day. Silence in us all the noise. Startle us with the eternal truth Jesus spoke and his