Sermons

At the heart of John's vision of a great multifude worshipping before the throne of God is the Lamb. The Lamb is none other than Jesus Christ who gathers His saints, cleanses His saints, and will ultimately shepherd His saints into their eternal rest in the presence of God. Sermon Text: Revelation 7:9-17

The Great Commandment is in many ways the heart of the Gospel and the marching orders for Christians, yet while it is well known it is often not understood or practiced. Jesus commands us to love--it is a choice of will, not a matter of feelings. Sermon Text: Matthew 22: 34-46

The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost / Morning Prayer / Sermon Text: Matthew 13:1-10;18-23

The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost / Morning Prayer Sermon Text: Matthew 22:1-14

The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost / The Holy Eucharist Isaiah 5:1-7 / Matthew 21:33-46

The Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost / Morning Prayer Sermon Text: Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32; Matthew 21:28-32

The parable of the workers in the vineyard helps us to understand the upside down nature of the Kingdom of God where the first will be last and the last will be first, while also reinforcing that our salvation is only by the free grace of God rather than anything we deserve and cautioning us against the sin of grumbling and complaining. Sermon Text: Matthew 20:1-16

In his Rally Sunday sermon, the Rev. Jeffrey S. Miller addresses suffering, faith, and salvation, exploring often-overlooked verses in Chapter 5 of Mark's Gospel. Many know that Jesus raised Jairus's daughter from the dead, but a short passage within that account is a separate extraordinary account, one that shows that just the smallest amount of faith, as long as it is put in Jesus Christ, is more than enough. Sermon text: Mark 5:24b–34

In Ezekiel 33 and Matthew 18, we discover the heart of a God who desires not death, but restoration and life. Jesus calls us to share that heart by pursuing brothers and sisters who have wandered or wounded us—not to win an argument or prove ourselves right, but in humility and love to “gain our brother,” remembering that we ourselves have first been pursued by the grace of God. Sermont text: Ezekiel 33:1–11, Matthew 18:15–20

Following on the heels of Peter's Confession that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus reveals the true nature of His messianic identity. Jesus shows His disciples that as the Messiah, He must first endure the cross before He gains the crown. Those who choose to follow Him must also participate in this pattern of discipleship. Therein lies the uncomfortable paradox that in order to find our life, we must first be willing to lose it. In other words, there can be no crown without the cross. Sermon Text: Matthew 16:21–27