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 …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 6/8/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Acts 2:1-21. 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 Pentecost Sunday, often called the birthday of …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/27/22, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Matthew 24:36-44 & Romans 13:11-14. 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 I found this sermon challenging to …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 7/11/21, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture reading for this sermon was Psalm 24. I recently watched an old video recording of a debate between John Lennox – a Christian apologist – and Christopher Hitchens – an anti-theist who argued vociferously against any belief …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 6/27/21, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). 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 the Sermon Now This morning we read …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 2/14/21, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture reading for this sermon was: 1 John 4:7-12. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to the Sermon Now What does God …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 10/27/19, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture readings for this sermon were: Acts 15:1-11; 22-31. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text) Listen to the Sermon Now Who gets to call themselves a …