by Stephen Phelps | Aug 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Sunday, August 16, 20091 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 I hope for you that this summer has moments beautiful and set apart enough from the ordinary run of days to sting you. If you have a favorite summer get-away and...
by Stephen Phelps | Jun 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Sunday, June 21, 20091 Samuel 17; 2 Corinthians 6: 1-13; Mar 4:35-41 One thing shared by all these stories we’ve heard today you have no doubt felt, if not thought—how their subject is struggle. David’s...
by Stephen Phelps | Apr 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Sunday, November 22, 2009Deuteronomy 14:22-29 & 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 You’re probably familiar with this word, tithe. People usually say it means giving to the church one tenth of your income. Now, it may be...
by Stephen Phelps | Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 29, 2009 Jeremiah 31: 27-34; Luke 5: 1-11 One often hears it said of Jesus that he was a great teacher. In today’s story, so many want to hear him at the...
by Stephen Phelps | Mar 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Third Sunday in Lent, March 15, 2009 Exodus 20: 1-17; James 4: 7-8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. How many commandments are there? Ten? How many laws? How many rules? Six hundred...
by Stephen Phelps | Feb 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Audio of the sermon Download PDF Texts on Sunday, February 15, 2009 Genesis 11:27—12:5; Matthew 6: 19-24 I’m going to use my hands to shape part of the ancient Middle East, to show you Ur,...
by Stephen Phelps | Dec 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 21, 2008Luke 1: 5-25; 1 Samuel 1: 1-20 The Hebrew Bible opens with a story about creation. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth . . .” ...
by Stephen Phelps | Dec 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the Second Sunday in Advent December 7, 2008Isaiah 7: 1-4, 10-16 and Matthew 1: 1-25 “A gentle woman housed God in her womb and asked as its price peace for the world, salvation for those who are lost,...
by Stephen Phelps | Nov 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on the First Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2008 Romans 1: 1-7; Mark 1: 1-11 Today is the first Sunday of Advent. We call it a time of preparation or waiting. But waiting and preparing for what? Christmas? The...
by Stephen Phelps | Nov 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
download a PDF of this textlisten to this sermon Texts on Christ the King Sunday, November 23, 2008Ezekiel 34: 1-16; Matthew 25: 31-46 Before I read from the prophet Ezekiel, a reminder about his audience. The destruction of Jerusalem is done. The city is burned, the...
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