This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 02/08/25, 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, 01/25/25, 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, 01/11/25, 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 …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/28/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 1:1-14. Listen to Sermon Now This is for the radical ones. The prologue to John’s Gospel is for the radical ones. It’s for those of us who want to get down to the root …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/14/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Matthew 11:2-19. Listen to Sermon Now The Bible is an amazing library of texts, and no matter how many times I have read a certain passage, I find that there is usually something new to …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/23/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Jeremiah 23:1-6 & Colossians 1:11-20 & Luke 23:33-43. Listen to Sermon Now It’s not easy to be a grown-up. Don’t get me wrong; there are a lot of hard things about being a kid. In …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/09/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 20:27-38. In our reading this morning from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is teaching in the Temple at Jerusalem, and he’s being confronted by various religious authorities – Pharisees and Sadducees – who seek …