This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 10/13/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Hebrews 4:12-16, Mark 10:17-31. 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 Having heard our gospel reading this morning, …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 9/22/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: James 3:13-4:10; Mark 9:30-37. 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 struggle with being a Christian. I …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 8/25/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Ephesians 6:10-20 & John 6:56-69. 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 Our scripture readings this morning – …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 8/11/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: 1 Kings 19:1-18. 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 This morning’s scripture passage is a Quaker favorite. …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 7/14/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Mark 6:1-13. 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 Mark 6 begins with the line, “[Jesus] left that …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 01/14/24, at Whittier First Friends Church, in the Los Angeles area. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Ephesians 4:1-16. 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 Why are we …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 10/8/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Matthew 21:33-46. 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 from Matthew this morning, Jesus is …