Sermons
You Can Do It (Reverend John Judson, February 7, 2010) – I’m not sure you could find two people form scripture who were more different than the two we read about this morning, Isaiah and Peter. If you can picture the commercial with Shaquille O’Neil and Ben Stein talking about Comcast you get a sense of how different are Peter and Isaiah. Isaiah is a member of the aristocracy. He has access to kings and princes. He is highly educated and an amazing poet. He is at least a prophet if not a priest himself. He has disciples who record his every pronouncement. Peter on the other hand is a blue collar small business owner. He and his family have a small fishing business in the Galilee. He has not access to power and knows no one famous. Click to Continue Reading….
Expanding the Vision (Reverend John Judson, January 31, 2010) – He was the boy wonder of the seminary. Bob had been one of the seminaries most brilliant students. He was a wiz at Greek. He understood theology as if he had been studying it all of his life. Upon graduation he had enlisted as a military chaplain and served with great distinction. Upon his retirement he went back to seminary this time to earn his PhD in New Testament Greek. Once that was completed he moved to Houston and founded a new congregation. From a handful of members his congregation grew to several thousand. People packed the pews to listen to his in-depth and erudite translations and explanations of the text…which he did directly from the Greek. Click to Continue Reading….
Releasing, Renewing, Restoring God’s World (Reverend Amy Morgan, January 24, 2010) – Richard King wanted a 1961 Pontiac the moment he got his driver’s license. He loved the design of the car. His father had developed the tooling in that car’s engine. He had grown up in the city of Pontiac, surrounded by images and talk about the car company shared its name with the city. Click to Continue Reading…
Staying the Course (Reverend John Judson, January 17, 2010) – “Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed by Thy name. Thy kingdom come. They will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever…amen.” Do the words sound familiar? OK, sure they because they are part of the prayer virtually every Christian learns. Most of us I would guess, once we learn it pay little attention to the particulars. Click to Continue Reading….
Under New Management (Reverend John Judson, January 10, 2010) – I want to take quick survey this morning. First how many of you while you were with family and friends over the holidays heard a story that you have heard at least two times, three time, more? Second, how many of you told a story to your family or friends that you have told at least two other times? Now I don’t know about you but what tends to happen to me when I hear one of those stories coming is that I tend to zone out or get up and move. “Oh, I know that one, where is the food?” Click to Continue Reading….
