Date: December 31, 2017
Bible Text: Genesis 1:20–28 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. —Genesis 1:21 Don’t you love the way theDate: December 24, 2017
Bible Text: John 1:1–5, 14 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14 Christus Paradox Sung to the tune PICARDY (“Let All Mortal Flesh KeepDate: December 10, 2017
Bible Text: Luke 1:26–38 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.' —Luke 1:38 So this Advent we’re preaching a sermon series entitled Christus Paradox, based on a provocative hymn by Canadian prison chaplain Sylvia Dunstan, who was inspiredDate: December 3, 2017
Bible Text: Philippians 2:5–13 | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
Click here to listen to this sermon. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, —Philippians 2:5 This season our Advent worship is shaped by the hymn, Christus Paradox, we sang in response to Advent candle lighting and will conclude in response to this sermon. As Bill introducedDate: November 26, 2017
Bible Text: Isaiah 64:1–9 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, So that the mountains would quake at your presence— Isaiah 64:1 CHRISTUS PARADOX Sung to the tune PICARDY (“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”) Text written by United Church ofDate: November 19, 2017
Bible Text: Acts 17:16–34 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. For as I went through the city of Athens, I found an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ —Acts 17:23 So this is the tenth and last in a sermon series Jo and Katie andDate: November 12, 2017
Bible Text: Luke 24:13–35 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” —Luke 24:32 So today I want to tell you that Methodists have a unique colorDate: November 5, 2017
Bible Text: Micah 6:6–8; Matthew 22:34–40 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. God has shown you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?—Micah 6:8 I grew up thinking human beings were very tribal animals. ThatDate: October 29, 2017
Bible Text: Romans 1:16–17; 3:19–24 CEB | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
Click here to listen to this sermon. For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.—Romans 1:16 Call to Worship In the year of our Lord 1516, a pious and scholarlyDate: October 22, 2017
Bible Text: Matthew 16:13–19 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. —Matthew 16:18 Brian Doyle was my favorite writer in my favorite