Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
July 30, 2023, The Kingdom of Small Things, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. An outline of the sermon is given below. In recent years, people have made some really beautiful documentaries about the natural world. Our daughter Emily gave us the dvd series “Planet Earth,” made by David Attenborough, for Christmas a few years ago. They are really amazing …
July 23, 2023, Dealing with Weeds, Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon click the link above. An outline is given below In Jesus’s day there was a law on the Roman books dealing with the crime of sowing weeds in the wheat field of another person. It was a particularly nasty and effective bit of sabotage against an enemy, because the particular …
July 16, 2023, Be the Good Earth, Matthew 13:1-23 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. And outline of the sermon is given below: The experts on the Scriptures in Jesus’s day were the Scribes and the Lawyers and the Pharisees. They pored over the writings of Moses and the Prophets, diligently, laboriously, committing every word to memory, every rule, every regulation, …
July 9, 2023, His Yoke Is Easy, Matthew 11:16-30 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. We just got back from our vacation in Quebec. What was restful: Beautiful countryside, visiting the Abbaye and quaint little villages, staying in a lovely quiet B&B, wonderful food that I didn’t have to cook, no alarm clocks or …
July 2, 2023, Ripe Figs and Itching Ears, Jeremiah 28:5-9 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is the outline of the sermon Today’s reading from Jeremiah: The prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord; and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; …
June 25, 2023, The Work of Grace House, Canton – guest speaker, Fr. Chuck Smith
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June 18, 2023, What Is the State of Your Heart? – guest speaker, Terri van Blommestein
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June 11, 2023, Toddler Faith, Matthew 9:9-26
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. An outline of the sermon is given below. Our son Isaac came up last week for our 50th anniversary celebration, and he brought up his kids. He has four, and they are all beautiful: three girls, and the youngest, who is a little boy, Finnian Patrick …
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