In this sermon from the 20th Sunday after Pentecost (A), Rev. Ben continues exploring the parables of Jesus’ response to the leaders of Israel, this week with the parable of the Wedding Feast. This is a parable with two main points: that the Gospel has been rejected by Israel and now goes to the Gentiles, and that we must enter the Kingdom…
To Glorify Jesus Christ as a Community of Disciples on Mission
To Glorify Jesus Christ as a Community of Disciples on Mission
"Faith" Tagged Sermons
In this sermon from the 17th Sunday after Pentecost (year A), Rev. Ben preaches on this difficult parable of Jesus of the workers in the vineyard, and how it tends to put a mirror up to our own hearts. We tend to want to earn the rewards of the Kingdom for ourselves, but God’s lavish and undeserved mercy shows us that His…
In this sermon from the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2026, Rev. Deacon Ryan Mullis preaches on this ultimate question of Jesus that He asks to His disciples, and to us. Matthew 16:13-20
In this sermon from August 9th, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on Jesus walking on the water. The Lord of the waters reveals Himself to us as an act of grace, and invites us to a step of faith on the water with Him. And even when our faith fails, He is there to pick us up. This dynamic of grace and faith…
On this Trinity Sunday of 2026, Rev. Ben brings in some extra help from Athanasius (the hamster) to preach on the ways in which we can know God as the Holy Trinity. Drawing from Genesis 1 and Matthew 28, he discusses how we can know God because we are made in His image and baptized into His name, and recommends a spiritual…
In this sermon from Christmas Eve 2025, Rev. Ben explores what the Christmas Spirit is by contrasting two stories: Ebenezer Scrooge and the Shepherds in their fields at that first Christmas. Luke 2:1-20
In this sermon on Luke 18:1-8 and also drawing upon 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Deacon Daniel Jones preaches on how we can come to persevere in our faith through prayer.
In this sermon on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the ten lepers healed by Jesus, and the one who comes to give Jesus glory. This leads us to learn of the spiritual discipline of gratitude, which is birthed out of faith. Luke 17:11-19
In this sermon, Rev. Ben preaches on the earnest prayer of the Apostles–“Increase our faith!” There are some things they get really right in this plea, and some things on which they are missing the mark. Jesus shows them, and us, that faith is not a matter of increase, but of obedience and faithfulness. Luke 17:5-10
In this sermon on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the biblical call to take hold of that which is TRULY life, and to let go of the cheap imitations that surround us and can never satisfy us. We are to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of us, and to walk in this daily.…