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…
To Glorify Jesus Christ as a Community of Disciples on Mission
To Glorify Jesus Christ as a Community of Disciples on Mission
Sermons on Discipleship
In this sermon from Maundy Thursday of 2026, Rev. Ben speaks on the mandate (mandatum) we have been given on this night, when Jesus humbled himself to serve His disciples, and commanded us to do the same. John 13:1-15
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 explains the complicated parable of the dishonest manager, which Jesus uses to teach us about how we should be thinking about our money and resources here on this earth, to invest them in the Kingdom of God. Luke 16:1-15
In this sermon, Rev. Ben preaches on how the reality of our lives is not filled with unlimited choices, but with just two: we can choose life, or we can choose death. The way of life is the way of Jesus, and the way of death is everything else. Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 14:25-33