Judgment

That All Shall Be Saved

I have been wanting to preach this sermon for a long time but did not feel free of mind and heart to do so. […]

As a Christian pastor I am as dismayed and grieved as anyone about the political divisions of our present day in America which are rending […]

A few weeks ago I preached a sermon from Luke 16 and its two parables about our relationship with wealth. Today’s text is from Luke […]

Today’s parable has as its best title the first line: “A certain man had two sons. Two. Not one. Both lost in their own ways. […]

As Luke tells the story of the ministry of Jesus he begins with his baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist. As Jesus […]

I am so grateful, and my congregation is so grateful, to be here today with you at First Baptist Church. And I am so […]

Can a church be a people of clear Christian identity and at the same time be open to truth found in other religions? Can we […]

I call the book of Jonah, “God’s little comedy.” It pokes fun at our human foibles, and it has a happy ending. Frederick Buechner says […]

These two stories, Babel and Pentecost, cause us to ponder the unity that is disobedience and the unity that is the gift of God, the […]