Hope for the Journey | Ezekiel 47, Revelation 21-22, John 7
September 11, 2022
What hope do we have when things seem bleak? The metaphor of a river of living water, at various places throughout scripture, gives us...
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The Better Wine Comes at the End | John 2:1-12
September 4, 2022
John invites multiple times to “behold” Jesus, to “come and see” Jesus. When we do, the first picture that emerges...
Undershepherds | 1 Peter 5:1-11
August 28, 2022
Why does Peter include a section to the elders of the church? What does it mean to be an “elder” in the church? What is God telling us...
The Dinner Table at the End of the Universe | 1 Peter 4:1-11
August 21, 2022
When Peter says “the end of all things is close at hand,” what does that mean? And how are we supposed to feel about that? What does...
Wives and Husbands | 1 Peter 3:1-10
August 7, 2022
Why does God call wives to submit to husbands? Are there times where they do not need to submit? What is the “knowledge” that God calls...
Servants of God | 1 Peter 2:18-25
July 31, 2022
In 1 Peter 2, we are shown a further pattern of submission to earthly authorities, even unjust ones, as a way of pursuing Christ. How does...
Rejoice! | Philippians 4:4-9
July 24, 2022
How can the Apostle Paul tell Christians to “rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS?” How is that even possible? Aubrey Spears, dean of our deanery...
A Bold Submissiveness | 1 Peter 2:9-17
July 17, 2022
How should Christians embrace our identity as both sojourners and messengers? How are we supposed to “honor the emperor” today? The...
Cornerstone | 1 Peter 2:1-10
July 10, 2022
What does it mean that Christ is the “cornerstone”? What does it mean that we are “living stones” that are being “built...
Love At Any Cost | 1 Peter 1:13-25
July 3, 2022
Faith is not just mere belief or mental assent, it is action. But it’s not just us doing what we want and then asking God to bless it,...
The Crucible | 1 Peter 1:3-13
June 26, 2022
Where is God in the midst of our suffering and trials? The Scripture Readings (00:00) Job 23:1-14 (01:49) Psalm 66 (04:35) New Testament...
Exiles & Heirs | 1 Peter 1:1-5
June 19, 2022
What does God have to say to his Kingdom citizens living as sojourners and strangers in a foreign land? What should our posture be to the...
The One and the Many | Trinity Sunday 2022
June 12, 2022
Why do we spend a whole Sunday focusing on how God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons in one being? Well, the fact that God is...
The Blessing | Pentecost 2022 | Acts 2:1-21
June 5, 2022
Why did Jesus promise to send the Holy Spirit? What can the Pentecost story tell us about God’s promises in our past, our present, and...
Finding Our Place in the Kingdom | Ascension Sunday | John 20:19-23
May 29, 2022
How do Jesus’ final days on earth, and his bodily ascension into heaven, affect us today? What can we learn about ourselves, and our...
Shrewd Stewards | Luke 16:1-13
May 15, 2022
(Say THAT five times fast.) Jesus tells a parable that, on first look, might indicate his approval of a lying, self-dealing, deceitful...
Good Shepherd and Lost Son | Luke 15
May 8, 2022
What can Psalm 23 and the Parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15 tell us about the kind of love that God has for us, and how he views us?...
The Bread of Anxious Toil | Luke 12:13-34
May 1, 2022
Our mindset of scarcity gets us caught in a cycle of chasing money to get more money, of chasing stuff to get security in order to find joy...
The Road to Emmaus | Luke 24:13-35
April 24, 2022
The resurrected Jesus met two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus, and made himself known to them in two distinct ways, the same ways he...
Easter 2022 | Luke 24:1-10 and the Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom
April 17, 2022
Today we celebrate Christ’s resurrection, the pivotal event in human history, the “day the revolution began,” as N.T. Wright...
Holy Week 2022 | Good Friday | Seven Words
April 15, 2022
We consider the final seven “words,” or seven utterances of Jesus on the cross. In most cases there is a short meditation on each word....
Holy Week 2022 | Maundy Thursday
April 14, 2022
On this night, Jesus reveals so much about his true character as he serves and grieves over those who will ultimately betray or abandon...
Palm Sunday | Lent Week 6 | Luke 19:28-44
April 10, 2022
Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem was a coronation event, but Jesus was headed to a different kind of throne than anyone could have...
A Wee Little Man | Lent Week 5 | Luke 19:1-10
April 6, 2022
What can the story of Zacchaeus tell us about how Jesus builds his church, and what our response should be to being called into his...
A Healing Sabbath | Lent Week 4 | Luke 13:10-21
March 27, 2022
What is the Sabbath for? Why were the religious leaders of Jesus’ day so upset that he was healing people on the Sabbath? How should we...
Hypocrisy | Lent Week 3 | Luke 11:37 – 12:3
March 20, 2022
Jesus spends a fair amount of time calling out hypocrisy among the religious leaders of his day. What can hypocrisy do to our faith in God?...
How to Inherit Eternal Life | Lent Week 2 | Luke 10:25-37
March 13, 2022
What does it mean to inherit eternal life? Who is my neighbor? What is the point of the story that Jesus tells to the expert in the law?...
Lambs Among Wolves | Lent Week 1 | Luke 10:1-24
March 6, 2022
Why did Jesus send his messengers out with such odd instructions? What does it mean when Jesus was pronouncing “woe” on various cities?...
Ash Wednesday 2022 | Psalm 103, Joel 2
March 2, 2022
How can Lenten practices tune our hearts to experience more of Jesus? What does the Bible say about how God deals with our sin? The...
The Transfiguration | Luke 9:18-36
February 27, 2022
Why was Jesus “transfigured” on the mountaintop? Why were Moses and Elijah there with him? What was that meant to convey to the...
Do You See This Woman? | Luke 7:36 – 8:3
February 20, 2022
What does a narrative about a religious insider and a social outcast tell us about who Jesus is and how we should approach him? The...
Judge Not | Luke 6:37-49
February 13, 2022
What does it mean to “not judge”? And what does this have to do with logs in our eyes? More importantly, how is this part of the...
Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus | Luke 6:12-36
February 6, 2022
In the “Sermon on the Plain” from Luke 6, Jesus paints a radical picture of what a life following Christ looks like. And what...
Called to Communion | Luke 5:1-11, 27-32
January 30, 2022
The narrative of Jesus calling his disciples shows up in all four gospels. What does this picture of Jesus beginning to call his disciples...
Announcing the Anointing | Luke 4:14-30
January 23, 2022
What would it have meant for Jesus to read the Isaiah 61 passage out loud, and then proclaim *himself* the fulfillment of it? What does...
Tempted and Trustworthy | Luke 4
January 16, 2022
What can Jesus’ responses to temptation mean for us? How should it deepen our faith? How might it affect our choices? [Note: Our church...
The Baptism of Jesus | Luke 3
January 9, 2022
Why was Jesus baptized? What did it mean for his ministry, what does it mean for us as his followers? The Scripture Readings (00:00) Old...
Promise Offered, Promise Fulfilled | The Second Sunday of Christmas
January 2, 2022
The story of Jesus is the fulfillment of all God’s promises. Our journey with Jesus begins with his frightening journey to Egypt. The...
Christmas Eve 2021 | Lessons & Carols
December 24, 2021
The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols is only a little over 100 years old, which is young in comparison to many of our liturgies, but it...
The Promise and the Child | Advent Week 4 | Genesis 17
December 19, 2021
All God’s vows to Abraham culminate in the promise of a child and a miraculous birth. All God’s vows to his covenant people culminate...
NO AUDIO Advent Week 2 | Genesis 16
December 5, 2021
Unfortunately the new sound mixer did not record this week’s sermon. Here are the scripture readings from this week: Genesis 16 Psalm 126...
The Promise and the Covenant | Advent Week 1 | Genesis 15
November 28, 2021
Why does Abram have a mixture of faith and doubt? And what in the world is God telling him with all these dead animals? How does the...
Christ the King | Genesis 14
November 21, 2021
How is King Jesus different from earthly kings? What does Melchizedek have to do with that? What might we learn from this story from...
Step By Step | Genesis 13
November 14, 2021
How can each Christian preach the Gospel by our actions? How do we witness to the truth of Jesus in our ordinary, everyday actions? The...
For All the Saints | All Saints’ Sunday 2021
November 7, 2021
What do we learn by looking back on Christians who have come before us? What does it mean to be a “saint”? The Scripture Readings...
The Known God | Acts 17:16-34
October 31, 2021
How did Paul engage with followers of a belief system that seemed so different from his own? What can we learn from that? How is God...
Called to a New Life | Genesis 12
October 25, 2021
The Call of Abram | Genesis 12 (NOTE: This is a re-recording of the sermon; none of the audio from yesterday’s service was captured.)...
The Flood, Part 4: Sin, Curse, and Promise | Genesis 9:18-28
October 17, 2021
Why did Noah curse one of his offspring? What can the blessings he gave his other two sons tell us about God’s grand plan of redemption?...
The Flood, Part 3: The Bird and the Bow | Genesis 8-9
October 10, 2021
What do the story of the dove being sent out have to do with God’s promise of redemption? What does God’s covenant with Noah mean for...
The Flood, Part 2: Hurry Up and Wait | Genesis 7
October 3, 2021
The Flood, Part 2: Hurry Up and Wait | Genesis 7 God has already saved his people, but not all of his promises have yet been fulfilled....
The Flood, Part 1: The Wages of Sin is Death | Genesis 6
September 26, 2021
The Flood, Part 1: The Wages of Sin is Death | Genesis 6 Why did God decide to bring a flood to reboot his creation? The Scripture Readings...
Family History | Genesis 5
September 19, 2021
What are we supposed to learn about God from this big list of names in Genesis 5? What are we supposed to learn about ourselves? (00:00)...
My Brother’s Keeper | Genesis 4
September 12, 2021
What can the story of Cain and Abel tell us about the state of the world today? What can it tell us about the character of God? Is there...
Guilt, Shame, and Consequences | Genesis 3
September 5, 2021
What are some effects of Adam and Eve sinning? Why do we feel those effects today? Where is Jesus in all this? The Scripture Readings...
The Garden and the Gardeners | Genesis 2
August 29, 2021
What was Eden? What was Adam’s role? What was the work that God gave Adam and Eve to do, and how does that impact us today? The Scripture...
In the Beginning | Genesis 1
August 22, 2021
We are starting a sermon series through the book of Genesis, the beginning of all things. “Who made us?” “How?”...
The Bread of Life | John 6:24-35
August 15, 2021
The Bread of Life The Scripture Readings (00:00) Old Testament – Exodus 16:2-15 (01:55) Psalm 78:14-26 (03:43) New Testament – 1...
Living By Faith | Hebrews 11:1-16
August 8, 2021
What can we learn from the example of faithful followers of God from the Old Testament? Appreciation, imitation, and consolation. The...
The Whole Armor of God | Ephesians 6:10-20
August 1, 2021
God gifts us with his protection, protects us against the darkness, calls us to stand together as one, and equips us for our work. The...
The Household Code: Servants & Masters | Ephesians 6:5-9
July 25, 2021
What does it mean to be a master, or a servant? How should we deal with those terms? Does the Bible justify slavery? Why should any of this...
The Household Code: Children & Parents | Ephesians 6:1-4
July 18, 2021
The Household Code: Children & Parents | Ephesians 6:1-4 Why should children obey their parents? What does it mean that parents should...
The Household Code: Wives & Husbands | Ephesians 5:21-33
July 11, 2021
The Household Code | Ephesians 5:21-33 What does it mean for wives to “submit”? What does it mean for husbands to love their wives...
Darkness and Light | Ephesians 5:1-21
July 4, 2021
What does it mean to “be imitators of God?” What does it mean to “walk in the light,” and frankly, why should we? What...
This Is How We Do It | Ephesians 4:17-32
June 27, 2021
In Ephesians 4:17-32, Paul starts walking Christians through some of the ways that we are called to act as we put on the new life of...
We Are One | Ephesians 4:1-16
June 20, 2021
The entire structure of the Church is to promote the unity and holiness of the people of God and to point back to Jesus, as Paul shows us...
NO AUDIO | Ephesians 3:1-13
June 13, 2021
Unfortunately the new sound mixer did not record this week’s sermon. Here are the scripture readings from this week: Daniel 2:17-30...
Extended Family | Ephesians 2:11-22
June 6, 2021
What does it mean to be “set apart” as part of God’s covenant community? What does it mean that this covenant community has...
Trinity Sunday 2021
May 30, 2021
This is Trinity Sunday, when our liturgy, our scripture, our songs, and the sermon all reflect the mystery and reality of the One God in...
Pentecost 2021
May 23, 2021
Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. How does this fit into the course of God’s redemptive history and His mission into His...
Christ’s Dominion & Our Inheritance
May 9, 2021
NOTE: Someone (*ahem* Fr. Jay) didn’t start the recording until just before the Gospel, so the Old Testament, Psalm, and even the New...
Inheritance | Ephesians 1:11-14
May 2, 2021
Scripture Readings (00:00) OT – Ezekiel 46:16-18 (00:40) Psalm 66:1-12 (02:00) NT – Ephesians 1:11-14 (02:39) Gospel – Matthew...
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Hear In Your Whole Life | Ephesians 1:1-10
April 25, 2021
Scripture Readings (00:00) OT – Deuteronomy 7:6-9 (01:03) Psalm 23 (02:04) NT – Ephesians 1:1-10 (03:28) Gospel – John 10:7-16...
Ephesians Overview | Ephesus in Acts
April 18, 2021
Scripture Readings
(00:00) OT – Isaiah 44:9-20 (02:54) Psalm 98 (04:22) NT – Acts 19:1-10, 19:21-20:1 (09:21) Gospel – John...
The Only Undecaying King | Acts 13
April 11, 2021
Scripture Readings (00:00) OT – Isaiah 11:1-10 (01:38) Psalm 16 (03:18) NT – Acts 13:13-43 (07:45) Gospel – Luke 24:36–48 (09:38)...
Easter 2021 | Mark 16 + the Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom
April 4, 2021
Today we celebrate Christ’s resurrection while concluding our sermon series in the Gospel of Mark with his resurrection account. We...
Holy Week 2021 | Seven Words | Good Friday
April 2, 2021
We consider the seven “words,” or seven utterances of Jesus, while on the cross. In most cases there is a short meditation on each...
Holy Week 2021 | Maundy Thursday Homily
April 1, 2021
What does it mean that Jesus washed his disciples feet, and how we should take his command for us to do the same? (00:00) OT Reading –...
Palm Sunday | Your God Reigns | Mark 11:1-11
March 28, 2021
Scripture Readings: (00:00) OT – Isaiah 52:7-53:12 (03:56) Psalm 118:19-29 (05:21) NT – Philippians 2:5-11 (06:14) Gospel – Mark...
Let the Reader Understand | Mark 13
March 21, 2021
Scripture Readings (00:00) Old Testament – Daniel 12:1-13 (02:50) Psalm 51:7-17 (04:25) New Testament – Revelation 6:1-8...
Sadducees, Scribes, and Widows | Mark 12:18-44
March 14, 2021
We continue in Mark as Jesus’ authority is questioned. It begins to be revealed that is not just the promised Messiah, but that the...
The King’s Authority | Mark 11:12-12-17
March 7, 2021
(00:00) OT Reading – Isaiah 5:1-7 (02:00) Psalm 19:7-14 (03:38) NT Reading – 1 Peter 2:1-10 (05:40) Gospel Reading – Mark 11:12-12:17...
The Eye of a Needle | Mark 10
February 28, 2021
We continue our journey through Mark, where a rich man asks Jesus a question, and Jesus gives him a puzzling answer. Every week we read 4...
Ash Wednesday 2021
February 14, 2021
The season of Lent starts with the Ash Wednesday service, a service of prayer and penitence. A cross is drawn in ash on our forehead,...
The Transfiguration | Mark 9
February 14, 2021
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Mark 9:2-13 Other Scriptures – 1 Kings 19:9-18 Psalm 27 2 Peter 1:13-21
Mark 8
February 7, 2021
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Mark 8 Other Scriptures – Ezekiel 12:1-6 Psalm 146 1 Corinthians 1:20-25
Mark 6
January 31, 2021
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Mark 6 Other Scriptures – 2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 146 1 Corinthians 3:18-23
Mark 5
January 24, 2021
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Mark 5 Other Scriptures – 1Kgs 17:8-24 Psalm 130 Acts 19:11-20
Mark 4
January 17, 2021
Andrew White Main Scripture – Mark 4 Other Scriptures – Isaiah 55:6-11 Psalm 40:1-11 1 Peter 1:22-25
Mark 3
January 10, 2021
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Mark 3 Other Scriptures – Deuteronomy 29:16-28 1 John 5:6-12 There’s also an introductory...
Mark 2
January 3, 2021
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Mark 2 Other Scriptures – Leviticus 14:1-9 Psalm 84 Acts 3:1-10
Mark 1
December 27, 2020
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Mark 1 Other Scripture – Malachi 2:17-3:5 Psalm 147:12-20 Acts 10:34-43
Advent Week 4 | Psalm 132
December 20, 2020
Dr. Mike Deaton Main Scripture – Psalm 132 Other Scripture – 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Ephesians 3:20-21 Luke 1:26-38
Advent Week 3 | Psalm 126
December 13, 2020
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Psalm 126 Other Scriptures – Isaiah 65:17-25 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 John 3:22-30
Advent Week 2 | Psalm 85
December 6, 2020
Fr. Jay Traylor Main Scripture – Psalm 85 Other Scripture – Isaiah 40:1-11 2 Peter 3:8-18 Mark 1:1-8
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October 11, 2020 – Baptism: A New Creation People
Romans 6:1-14 Ezekiel 36:22-29, Psalm 32, John 3:1-15 A New Creation People We’re taking one more little break from our Essentials of the...
October 4, 2020 – Bishop’s Visit
[EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the preaching notes / bullet points from Bishop Steve Breedlove’s recent visit, where he commissioned...
September 27, 2020 – Essentials of the Way 4: Discipleship
Essentials 4 – Discipleship Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 10:23 – 11:1, Matt 5:43-48 Ok, this week as we continue in a...
September 20, 2020 – Essentials of the Way 3: Community
Essentials 3 – Community Psalm 133 Lev 19:9-18 Rom 12:9-21 John 17:1-11 “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when God’s people dwell...
September 13, 2020 – Essentials of the Way 2: Worship
Essentials 2 – Worship Isaiah 6:1-7 Psalm 22:22-31 Colossians 3:12-17 Gospel John 5:19-28 Today we’re going to talk about worship. But...
September 6, 2020 – Essentials of the Way 1: The Gospel
Essentials 1 – The Gospel of the Kingdom Matt 4:17-23 Gen 3:17-24 Psa 138 Col 1:10-19 We are starting a sermon series this week on the...