On the First Sunday of Lent, the Rev. Candy Snively discusses Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness in Matthew 4:1-11.
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Sermons (Page 49)
The Rev. George Adamik reflects on Matthew 17:1-9, Christ’s transfiguration, and racial justice: “How can we, like Peter, James, and John, be transfigured? How can we see something in a new way? How can we be changed in our lives so that we can go forward together to change our world?”
The Rev. J. Carr Holland III discusses Matthew 5:38-48: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
The Rev. Javier A. Bautista reflects on 1 Corinthians 3:1-9: “In the face of division, God can bring a reconciling world. In the face of fear, God can bring love. In the face of despair, God always brings a ray of hope.”
The Rev. George Adamik discusses Isaiah 58:1-9a and the movement from “what can we do for others?” to “what can we do with others?”.
The Rev. Candy Snively considers 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 and “what happens when the wisdom of the world is challenged by the wisdom of God.”
The Rev. Javier Almendárez Bautista contemplates Matthew 4:12-23: “Today’s Gospel gives us a glimpse into the call of the first disciples in a movement that would soon take the world by storm…”
The Rev. Carr Holland reflects on John 1:29-42: “Jesus goes in this section of the Gospel from unknown to Messiah… The following has begun, and we are part of that following. Here is the question that the Gospel leaves for us, ‘Where do we see Christ, and how do we follow?'”
The Rev. Tony Wike considers Luke 2:1-14: “As we gather here this morning, we bring with us all the hopes and fears of the past years — in some ways, the accumulation of all the hopes and fears of our lives… Scripture tells us that the very first Christmas happened in a mood of fear as well.”
On Christmas Eve, the Rev. George Adamik reflects on the origins of the manger scene: “Jesus Christ comes into our world to show us God’s love for us, to show us how good we are, to show us the possibilities in our lives. Jesus came into this world not to change God’s mind about us but to change our mind about God and to know this great, incredible love that God has for us.”