This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 04/05/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Mark 16:1-8; John 20. Listen to Sermon Now Two weeks ago I preached on Jesus’ resurrection of Lazarus. In that sermon I explored the idea of theodicy, the problem of why evil exists in the …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 03/22/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 11:1-44. Listen to Sermon Now There are a lot of reasons that a person might doubt the existence of God or the truth claims of Christianity. One of the most common reasons for this …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 03/08/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Romans 5:1-11. Listen to Sermon Now I’ve got a good friend who is a very mild mannered, polite, and respectful guy. But when he gets into traffic he gets very frustrated, to the degree that …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 02/22/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 & Romans 5:12-19. Listen to Sermon Now I was a pretty weird kid. At least, I felt like I was weird. My mom definitely thought I was weird. My mom likes to …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 02/08/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: 1 Corinthians 2. Listen to Sermon Now Two weeks ago, I preached on the first chapter of Paul’s first letter of the Corinthians. This morning I’m preaching on the second chapter of that same letter. …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 01/25/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: 1 Corinthians 1:10-31 and Matthew 4:12-23. Listen to Sermon Now It’s true what they say: When you’re 16 years old, you know everything. It’s all downhill from there. I know it’s a joke, but it …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 01/11/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Acts 10:34-48 and Matthew 3:13-17. Listen to Sermon Now Our world is changing dramatically. We can all feel it – economically, socially, politically, technologically, and spiritually – our world is on the move. For better …