Sermons

Teacher, let me receive my sight When I took my first New Testament class, one of the things that I realized, that I had never really thought about before, is that a lot of work went into the writing of… Continue reading

For the recorded version of this sermon, click here: Slaves in Training With the elections coming up in a few weeks, everyone has done a lot of thinking about what makes a good leader. We’ve been watching debates between the… Continue reading

For the recorded version of this sermon, click here: Too Much Stuff Everyone who came to help us with our loading and unloading these past few days has learned something shameful about the Boswells – we own way, way too… Continue reading

For the recorded version, click here: Love not Law I’m going to begin today with a story that I made up. It didn’t really happen, but the characters in the story are real people, and it’s something that might really… Continue reading

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To listen to the recorded version, click here: hugs and greatness I learned the most wonderful Greek word this week, while I was translating the Gospel reading for today. I’m not quite sure why I got so excited about this… Continue reading

To listen to the recorded sermon, click here: Disciples Carry a Cross When Peter answers Jesus’s question, “Who do you say that I am?” – that marks the turning point in the gospel of Mark. Mark’s gospel is all about… Continue reading

To hear the recorded version of this sermon, click here: The Day the Dogs Became Children In my sermon last week I said that Jesus didn’t want us to waste our time trying to be “good” – because he had… Continue reading

For the audio version, click here: Don’t be good, be made well A long time ago, when our big children were still little children, we owned a used bookstore in St. Louis. There were a lot of children in the… Continue reading

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