The Kingdom of God is a Drag Net

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 2/9/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 5:1-11. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now In our reading this morning from the Gospel of …

The Jesus Inauguration: From Praise to Rage

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 1/26/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 4:14-30. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now The Gospel of Luke tells us that after his …

This is Just the Beginning

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 1/12/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-23a. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now We’re just coming out of the Advent …

Facing Destiny: Thomas Kelly’s Call to Faith Amid Darkness

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/8/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 3:1-18. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now Today is the second Sunday in the season of …

Beyond Political Power: Understanding the True Kingdom of Christ

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/24/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Revelation 1:4-8 & John 18:33-40. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now Today is Christ the King …

Enduring in Exile: Finding Purpose Amidst Defeat

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/09/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Jeremiah 29:1-14. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now This is how Jerusalem was captured: in the ninth …

From Suffering to Sight: Job, Bartimaeus, and the Faces of God

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 10/27/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Job 42:1-6, Mark 10:46-52. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now I don’t know what the editors of …