The Pulpiteer

This message comes from Acts 19:1-7 and it is for the first Sunday after Epiphany, where we typically remember the baptism of Jesus. Here we examine baptism in the early church (Acts) and consider it in regards to its connection to Jesus’ baptism. In this message I go through a series of questions that the text raises, and then try to discern where the text is going regardless of my personal questions. I think the key issues centers around what God is up to in the book of Acts and in Jesus Christ.

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The first message of the New Year comes from Ecclesiastes 3, and the first part of it is a fairly familiar piece of scripture about a season for everything under the sun.  However, there is something more to this passage, and in fact a fairly deep despair behind the words of much of Ecclesiastes.  Is life really meaningless?  Are humans cursed because eternity has been placed on our hearts, yet we are unable to attain it ourselves?

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Here is the Christmas Eve message that I gave this past year. It is from the book of Ruth, the first few verses of chapter one and the last verses of chapter four. With the beginning of “In the days of the judges” you wouldn’t expect much – if you are familiar with Judges. Therefore, Ruth is a pleasant and unexpected surprise.

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This is the fourth sermon in our Advent series. Throughout the season of Advent I have been preaching from the book of Judges, in a series titled, “Who will save us?” This week we are in Judges in chapters 4 and 5, which is the Deborah cycle in Judges.  In this scripture we see how God works in surprising ways through an unexpected person, Jael.

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This is the third sermon in our Advent series (last week’s had some audio difficulties and was lost). Throughout the season of Advent I have been preaching from the book of Judges, in a series titled, “Who will save us?” This week we are in Judges in chapter 16:23-31, which is the end of Samson’s life.  Samson should have been the perfect hero.  At least he had all the potential to be.  But human beings will always let us down.  Who will save us?  At the end of the sermon I show how Samson’s life and failings point ahead to another person -and a greater hope.

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