Monthly Archives: October, 2014
October 26, 2014, Pentecost 20 – Check the Owner’s Manual
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110305_001 I drive a little silver 1993 VW Passat that I have named the Bean. And since I know absolutely nothing about cars and engines and what magic it is that makes them start up when I turn the key in the ignition and move forward when I …
October 19, 2014, Pentecost 19 – A Matter of Taxes
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110226_001 There has been some consternation among Christians lately over a Texas mayor, who apparently subpoenaed the sermons of a few Houston pastors because they had supposedly been part of a movement to encourage the signing of a petition opposing the HERO – Houston Equal Rights Ordinance – …
October 12, 2014, Pentecost 18 – When God Gets Mad
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110219_001 We have a friendly but passionate controversy ongoing in our family, on the subject of discipline. We divide into two camps. Some of my children-who-are-now-parents follow the classical line of thinking about child discipline, with clear rules and clear consequences for breaking rules, including at times and …
October 5, 2014, Pentecost 17 – Grace in the Vineyard
To listen to this sermon click here: 110212_001 Previously in chapter 21 of Matthew’s gospel – the chief priests and the elders had come to Jesus, full of righteous indignation, because Jesus had gone into the Temple and had actually knocked over the tables of the people who were just going about their business selling …
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 