In this sermon we look at Elijah’s escape to Mount Horeb and how God helps him overcome his fears by giving him a new task and showing him that he is not alone.
In this sermon we look at the story of David and Saul and what it can tell us about God’s plans for us.
This sermon looks at the story of the Israelites’ jouney through the wilderness and their unwillingness to trust that God will provide for them. Human beings like to be in control of their own lives, and letting go and trusting in God can be very difficult.
In this sermon we look at the story of Moses and the Burning Bush and what it means to be called by God even when we think we aren’t good enough.
In this sermon we look at God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac and what it tells us about the nature of God and the nature of faith.
This sermon looks at the creation story in Genesis and talks about what it is trying to tell us about the nature of reality and what it means for us to be created in the image of God.
This sermon looks at the parable of the lost sheep and how it might apply to us in our modern context.
We often hear individual bible verses used to support various positions, but it can be dangerous and even harmful to quote bible verses without understanding the context that surrounds them.
In this sermon we look at John’s description of Jesus as the bread of life and what that means to us as Christian Universalists.
In this sermon we look at what the church is and at what God asks of us as members of a local church community.
How do we deal with all of the evil and pain and grief in the world? What do we do when we find ourselves overcome with guilt? How do we reconcile the realities of life with our trust in a loving God?
When we are told by God to “do justice”, what does that mean exactly? What did justice mean to the biblical authors and what does God expect of us when we are told to do justice?
In this week’s sermon we look at baptism and why it is important from a Christian Universalist perspective. If all are forgiven, why do we still need baptism?
In this sermon I discuss some of the history of the Lord’s Supper, also called Communion or the Eucharist, and the meaning it has to us as Christian Universalists.
The Book of Acts describes the arrival of the Holy Spirit as it descended on the apostles like fire. It was an event that changes the early community and brought the church into being. What does it mean for us today to say that we have received the Holy Spirit?
In this sermon we continue our previous look at Paul's letter to the Galatians and what Paul says about justification through faith and the role of the law in Christian life.
In the first of three sermons on Paul’s letter to the Galatians and what Paul says about the gospel, his own authority to preach the gospel, and what the gospel says about justification by faith and God’s grace.