Sermons

The Scavenger Hunt (Hyde)Fred Craddock attended a conference on hunger. Near the end, a young woman got up to speak. Eventually it dawned on Craddock that she was reading the same sentence over and over, each time in a different language. Finally she spoke English. “Mommy, I’m hungry. Mommy, I’m hungry.”

Through the Eyes of Love (Sellery)Few of us have the makings of a Mother Teresa. We’ll probably never be called on to drag the destitute and dying off the streets. But chances are God will place lots of suffering people in our paths, either directly or tangentially. They’ll be inconvenient and annoying. But we ignore them at our peril.

What the Saints Do (Molin)Everything you have heard about God’s grace is true. He does, indeed, stand ready to forgive every sin. But God also has expectations of how his people are to live their lives. The Saints will be generous. The Saints will be kind. The Saints will be filled with compassion. It’s what Saints do.

Wholesale or Retail (Hoffacker)Each service can be done in a wholesale way or a retail way. The hungry can be fed by establishing a soup kitchen or taking a panhandler to lunch. The same blessing rests on each action; in each case, Christ takes the service as done for him.

Seeing Christ in Everyday Faces (Bedingfield)Jesus IS found in the Eucharist. Jesus IS found in the Holy Bible. He IS found in our hearts – and some believe that crucifixes and painted Icons carry a sacred image of Jesus. But as Dr. Willimon says, none of these places is Jesus’ “primary residence.” 

The Gift of Chesed (McLarty)There’s a wonderful tradition in the Jewish faith called “chesed” (pronounced heh-sed). Chesed is a Hebrew word that’s roughly translated as “acts of kindness.” It’s where the Hasidic Jews get their name.

What Would the Saints Do? (Molin)THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS: In this text, Jesus looks into the future, explaining in graphic detail what sort of judgment day awaits every one of us. It’s not a parable. It’s not a fairy tale. It’s truth. Jesus tells us that the way we live matters.