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
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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 16th Sunday after Pentecost, year A (Sept. 13th, 2026), Rev. Ben preaches on this hard-hitting parable of Jesus, in which he teaches the necessity of forgiveness, when we have been forgiven, before turning the spotlight on our own hearts. Not only does He teach us why we must forgive, but he also leaves hints as to HOW…
In this sermon from the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben draws on the question asked in Psalm 78–Can God Prepare a Table in the Wilderness?–to show how Jesus does do just that with the feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew 14:13-21. Jesus shows the character of God to give, and give abundantly, even when we are skeptical or anxious. If He…
In this sermon from the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost in 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on the third section of Jesus’ “Missionary Discourse” in Matthew 10, where the Lord states that He comes not to bring peace to the earth, but a sword. His ministry is divisive because of the all-encompassing demands He places on His followers, demands which we cannot be worthy…
In this sermon from Easter 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on why the stone was rolled away–not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in, so that we might see, and believe, and enter into eternal life. Matthew 28:1-10
In this sermon from the 3rd Sunday in Lent, 2026, Rev. Ben preaches on all four of our lectionary texts, with the theme coming from Psalm 95 — harden not your hearts. He explores what a hardened heart does and the consequences, how a heart becomes hardened, and what Jesus does to hardened hearts. The other texts were Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 1:16-32;…
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 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.…
In this sermon, Rev. Ben proclaims boldly that Jesus ministers ONLY to sinners. So if we are to receive the love and power of Jesus in our lives, we must come to Him as sinners in need of His forgiveness, which we know He so freely offers. So Confession and Repentance are the joyful building blocks of the Christian life. Luke 15:1-10