Sermon for Advent 1, November 29, 2020 B
Mark 13:24-37 Today we begin a new liturgical year with the Season of Advent. Advent means “coming” and originally it referred just to the feast of Christmas. But over time…
Category: All Sermons
-
-
Sermon for Christ the King Sunday November 22, 2020
Matthew 25:31-46 Christ the King Sunday is the New Year’s Eve of the Christian year, the day we come full circle and end a journey that began with the First…
-
Sermon for Proper 28A, November 15, 2020, YR A
Matthew 23:14-30 What are we to make of Jesus’ Parable of the Talents? Jesus’ story about the three servants whose master entrusted his money to them to manage is one…
-
Sermon for Proper 27A, November 8, 2020, YR A
Matthew 25:1-13 What are we to do with Jesus’ parable of the wise and the foolish bridesmaids? It’s not easy to be sympathetic with any of the characters in this…
-
Sermon for All Saints’ Day, November 1, 2020, YR A
Matthew 5:1-12 All Saints’ Day, which dates to the ninth century, is not among the most ancient Christian festivals. Beginning in the tenth century, it became customary to set aside…
-
Sermon for Proper 25A, October 25, 2020, YR A
Matthew 22:34-36 In today’s gospel reading we conclude the ‘question and answer’ confrontations between Jesus and the Jewish leaders recorded in Matthew. The Pharisees and Sadducees, who were usually in…
-
Sermon for Proper 24A, October 18, 2020, YR A
Matthew 22:15-22 Death and taxes we are told are inevitable. Taxes, always a hot topic, was a white-hot debate among the Jews in Jesus’ time. When Jesus was asked by…
-
Sermon for Proper 23A, October 11, 2020, YR A
Matthew 22:1-14 The parable of the wedding feast is the last of three parables against Israel’s leaders set by Matthew in the context of Jesus’ final days in Jerusalem. This…
-
Sermon for Proper 22A, October 4, 2020, YR A
Matthew 21:33-46 Today’s allegorical parable of the wicked tenants is the second in a series of three parables Jesus told in response to the religious and civil authorities who questioned…
-
Sermon for Proper 21A, September 27, 2020, YR A
Matthew 21:23-32 Between last Sunday’s gospel reading and today’s, Matthew records two events that set the context for today’s reading. The first is Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem (21:1-11), the result…