A message from the series “Sermons during Advent.” Advent hope exists because God Showes up. God showed up in Bethlehem; God will show up to rule in righteousness; and God shows up today, now, here in this very place, in this very time. Advent hope is God’s grace to turn to him and Live.

A message from the series “Sermons during Advent.” We do not know when the final judgment will come – no one knows the day or the hour, not even Jesus. Only the Father in heaven knows the day he has assigned. But the day will come, and we will stand before the judgment seat. We will be judged by Jesus, the one who has already borne our sin. He will gaze upon us with clarity; he will gaze upon us with love. He will gaze with scorn upon the sin and death that have held us captive and will cast them away.

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” We need God to be our judge and our Savior. We need God to do something evil in the world. We need God to come to us.

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” TBA

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” God shows up to pull us from death to life.

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” The covenant of God’s Presence restores our peace when we’re going through life’s troubles and afflictions.

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” And the Samaritan, as he paused and turned his eyes to Jesus in thanksgiving, had the chance to see that new life, the new life the Jews were yearning for, had arrived in their village that day.

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” “Get up,” are words that early Christians would have recognized as speaking about the resurrection. Like the prodigal son, this Samaritan was dead and is alive again. He was spiritually dead, socially dead, dead to his family, and by the grace of God, he is alive again.

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” We are citizens of a different kingdom than Caesar’s, where God’s power for life is shown through love, through forgiveness, through transformation of broken lives into healing lives. And God’s power has already been put to work – in the ministry of St. Paul and Timothy yes, and also in the ministry that we share here at St. Paul’s.

A message from the series “Sermons during Pentecost.” In the wilderness, sufficiency is perceived as abundance, because it is abundance. The sufficiency of Jesus Christ is abundance beyond our wildest imagination, and the Gospel frees us from the bad news which has us in its grip.”